单词 | indigent |
释义 | indigentWord family nounindigenceadjectiveindigentadverbindigently in·di·gent /ˈɪndɪdʒənt/ adjectiveadj formal POORvery poor 十分贫穷的 Examples from the Corpus indigent• Poverty was merely the lot of the indigent.• Was this some indigent artist he had picked up with in Paris?• Public hospitals are concerned that they will not have enough money to treat indigent people not covered by Medicaid.• Even medical care is available on demand at most public hospitals to indigent people with no money.• Nevertheless, in fact as well as in fiction, even those almost totally indigent retained their pride.• They hardly imagined that there were so many indigent, yearning, crooked, canny inheritors on the earth. From Longman Business Dictionary indigentin·di·gent /ˈɪndɪdʒənt/ adjectiveadj formal not having any money or possessions Hospitals continue to provide uncompensated care for the indigent. (1300-1400) Old French Latin, present participle of indigere “to need” |
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