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indigent

英 [ˈɪndɪdʒənt]

美 [ˈɪndɪdʒənt]

adj.  十分贫穷的

复数:indigents 

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BNC.36066 / COCA.15961

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 十分贫穷的
      very poor

      柯林斯词典

      • 贫穷的;贫困的
        Someone who isindigentis very poor.

        英英释义

        adj

        双语例句

        • A responsible government would implement judicious austerity, firing the party hacks who were hired in the go-go years, cutting wages and pensions and restructuring itself to collect taxes and provide useful services, even while retaining transfers to the indigent and elderly.
          一个负责任的政府会实施明智的紧缩措施,开除歌舞升平时期上台的政客,削减工资和养老金,调整自身,征收税收并提供有用的服务,同时保持向穷人和老人进行转移支付。
        • Glasgow and Edinburgh were inundated with indigent refugees.
          格拉斯哥和爱丁堡被贫困的难民所淹没。
        • And he argues that indigent citizens, who are unable to provide for themselves, should not be forced to rely simply upon the private charity of individuals but should be maintained at public expense.
          对于那些因贫困而无法养活自己的人,他却认为不能让他们,完全依靠私人的慈善救济过活,而应当用国家公共支出,建立相应的保障来维持他们的生活。
        • That which is carried on for the benefit of the poor and the indigent is too often either neglected or oppressed.
          这样做有利于穷人不然穷人往往要么被忽视或受压迫。
        • Times had changed, money was scarce, but nothing had altered the rule of Southern life that families always made room gladly for indigent or unmarried female relatives.
          时代变了,钱虽不多,可是什么也改变不了南方的老规矩:对于亲属中生活无着落或未婚的女子,家家都是热烈欢迎的。
        • The Approach of Reconstruction for Object with Indigent Texture Based on Structure Light
          基于结构光的纹理贫乏目标三维重建方法
        • We were not operating in the black before the storm because so many of our patients were indigent.
          风暴来临前,我们的经营没有盈余,因为有太多贫困的患者。
        • With no religious tradition of charity, Japan has few soup kitchens or other places for the indigent.
          日本没有宗教行善的传统,因此施粥站或其他收容贫无立锥之地者的地方少之又少。
        • Immigration policy has large implications for us debt and the sustainability of entitlements for the indigent population, yet the link seldom receives serious attention.
          移民政策对美国债务与穷人福利的可持续性有着巨大影响,但这种关联却很少受到重视。
        • She won a stipend to live in Tijuana, Mexico, for a summer and work with indigent children there.
          她拿到津贴,在墨西哥的提华纳住了一个夏天,和当地穷困的孩子一起工作。