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小词详解 | destitute
The remaining half-billion or so are on a par with the most destitute bits of Africa.
最后剩下的约五亿人处境与非洲部分最贫困的地区接近。
——《经济学人》As he came of age in Cuba, José Angel Sánchez enrolled in medical school for the usual reasons: to help the sick and to make a better living than most in his destitute eastern town.
当古巴的何塞·安赫尔·桑切斯逐渐长大的时候,他选择了就读医学院,原因很平常:救死扶伤,并过上比东部贫困家乡的大部分人更好的生活。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 没有基本的生活必需品
有的人是物质匮乏,有的人则是精神匮乏,由此引申出来, destitute 还可以表示“毫无的、没有的”,比如一点儿人情味也没有(destitute of ordinary human feelings)、毫无经验的人(a man destitute of experience)。
The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship.
最可怕的孤寂就是完全没有忠诚的友谊。
impoverished: (of a person or area) made poor indigent: (formal) very poor penniless: (of a person) having no money; very poor