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beggar

美 [ˈbeɡər]英 [ˈbeɡə(r)]
  • n.乞丐;叫花子;(与形容词连用)家伙
  • vt.使贫穷;使匮乏

复数: beggars 现在分词: beggaring 过去分词: beggared 第三人称单数: beggars

beg v.恳求某人给予… + -g- + -ar 人/物

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noun

1

乞丐;叫花子
a person who lives by asking people for money or food

2

(与形容词连用)家伙
used with an adjective to describe sb in a particular way

Aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar?

你这个懒汉还没穿好衣服吗?

习语

people say beggars can't be choosers when there is no choice and sb must be satisfied with what is available

wishing for sth does not make it happen

verb

VN使贫穷;使匮乏
to make sb/sth very poor

Why should I beggar myself for you?

我为什么要为你受穷?

习语

beggar

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 乞丐;叫花子
    A beggar is someone who lives by asking people for money or food.

  • 2
    VERB 使极度贫穷;使一贫如洗
    If something beggars a person, country, or organization, it makes them very poor.

    He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry.

    他警告说解除版权限制会使这个行业一贫如洗。

  • 3
    PHRASE 无法,难以(相信、描述、形容等)
    If something beggars belief, it is impossible to believe it. If something beggars description, it is impossible to describe it.

    The statistics beggar belief...

    统计数据让人难以置信。

noun

1
a pauper who lives by begging
Synonym: mendicant

verb

1
reduce to beggary
Synonym: pauperize pauperise
2
be beyond the resources of
This beggars description!

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  1. He tossed a penny to the beggar .

    他丢给乞丐一便士。

  2. This degraded him into a beggar .

    这使他沦为乞丐。

  3. It beggars belief how things could have got this bad .

    真是难以置信,情况怎么会恶化到这种地步。

  4. Aren 't you dressed yet , you lazy beggar ?

    你这个懒汉还没穿好衣服吗?

  5. Why should I beggar myself for you ?

    我为什么要为你受穷?

  6. He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry .

    他警告说解除版权限制会使这个行业一贫如洗。

  7. He 's a sly old beggar if ever there was one .

    他确确实实是个老奸巨猾的家伙。

  8. The survey found that 4 per cent of people felt threatened by the sight of beggars .

    调查发现,4%的人看见乞丐时会觉得危险。

  9. One can no longer walk the streets without seeing beggars importuning passers by .

    走在街上总能看到乞丐纠缠行人乞讨。

  10. The statistics beggar belief

    统计数据让人难以置信。

  11. His courage beggars description .

    他的胆量无法用语言来形容。

  12. To give money to beggars sometimes amounts to encouraging begging .

    给乞丐钱,有时就等于鼓励行乞。

  13. People who go begging for money or food are called beggars .

    向别人讨饭要钱的人叫做乞丐。

  14. As a matter of fact , they weren 't much better off than beggars .

    实在他们的情形比叫花子好不了多少。

  15. It simply beggars description .

    笔墨不能形容其万一。

  16. Let beggars match with beggars .

    龙配龙,凤配凤。

  17. Honestly , there are so many beggars who are pretended to cheat the passerby .

    老实说,很多乞丐都是假装的,以此来骗路人的钱。

  18. The beggar was half-dead from hunger .

    那个乞丐已饿得半死。

  19. I turned around and saw an old beggar .

    我转过身,看见一个老乞丐。

  20. It was the old beggar with a heavy bag on his shoulder .

    是那个肩上背着一个沉重袋子的老乞丐。

  21. He is so rich and lives like a beggar .

    他非常有钱可是生活得象个乞丐。

  22. There was a poor man in the state of Qi who made his living as a beggar in town .

    齐国有一个穷人,靠在城里各家乞讨生活。

  23. The beggar begged from the rich but they refused .

    那个乞丐向富人们乞讨,但遭到了拒绝。

  24. Baby had a heap of gold and pearls , yet he came like a beggar on to this earth .

    孩子有成堆的黄金与珠子,但他到这个世界上来,却像一个乞丐。

  25. When Bai Su-Zhen was a small snake , a beggar was about to kill her , but a kind passerby16 rescued her .

    当时白素贞还是一只小蛇,一个乞丐正要杀了她,但一个善良的路人救了她。

  26. One day , an old beggar went to the village .

    天,一个老乞丐来到一个村子里。

  27. The Great Depression of ? Economy reduced many people down to beggars .

    经济大萧条不少人沦为乞丐。

  28. It 's very difficult for people to make friends directly with beggars .

    人们很难直接去结交一个叫花子。

  29. Always keep some spare change to give a beggar .

    随时带著多馀零钱施舍乞丐。

  30. The Situation of New Beggars ' Phenomenon and Countermeasures

    新乞丐现象的现状与对策

后缀
e-人/物

grammar n. 语法

gram 写,记录 + -m- + -ar 人/物

scholar n. 学者

schol 学;学校 + -ar 人/物

calendar n. 日历

calend 每月第一天 + -ar 人/物

cellar n. 地窖

cell- 藏 + -ar 人/物

collar n. 衣领

coll- 脖子 + -ar 人/物

liar n. 说谎者

li(e) 说谎 + -ar 人/物

burglar n. (入室)窃贼

burg- 古堡 + -l- + -ar 人/物

  • 习语

n.

beggars can't be choosers

要饭就不能嫌馊;给什么就得要什么
people say beggars can't be choosers when there is no choice and sb must be satisfied with what is available

if wishes were horses, beggars would/might ride

想有不见得就有;愿望不等于事实
wishing for sth does not make it happen

v.

beggar belief/description

难以相信;无法形容
to be too extreme, shocking, etc. to believe/describe

It beggars belief how things could have got this bad.

真是难以置信,情况怎么会恶化到这种地步。