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单词 penniless
释义
penniless
adjective
uk
/ˈpen.i.ləs/us
/ˈpen.i.ləs/
having nomoney:
一文不名的，一贫如洗的
Shefellinlovewith a pennilessartist.她爱上了一个一贫如洗的画家。
Synonyms
impecuniousformal
penuriousformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not having much or enough money
  • poorHer family was poor and didn't own a computer.
  • pennilessAt the time, I was a penniless student.
  • impoverishedBenefits should be targeted at the most impoverished families.
  • disadvantagedThe scheme was set up to help disadvantaged children.
  • deprivedDeprived areas will be hardest hit by the cuts.
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(Definition ofpennilessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

penniless| American Dictionary

penniless
adjective,adverb
us
/ˈpen·i·ləs/
without anymoneyat all:
a pennilessyouth
(Definition ofpennilessfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

penniless| Business English

penniless
adjective
uk
/ˈpeniləs/us
without anymoneyat all:
Aseriesofbadinvestmentslefthimalmostpenniless.
(Definition ofpennilessfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpenniless

penniless
The fact that he waspennilessby the turn of the sixties is virtually a postscript on the final page of the text.
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But they also benefited because thepennilessand hung-over shepherds returned for another year of interminably monotonous shepherding.
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These last included corporal punishment, for fines were of no effect onpennilessspinners and weavers.
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Criss notes that foreign-relief agencies supplemented the badly organized andpennilessmunicipal organizations.
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Many had arrivedpennilessand had rapidly thrown themselves into work to support themselves and their families.
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He is released after a two-year prison sentence, a widowed,pennilessold man.
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Jaquinet's own self-deception in becoming enamored with an ambitious butpennilessyoung man.
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Eyre is a quick-thinking confidence man who, while still apennilessapprentice, manages to trick the master of a foreign ship into selling him his whole cargo on credit.
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He rented out slum flats to thepennilessand jobless, and made thousands of pounds by fraud.
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Men are dischargedpenniless, and it is weeks and weeks before they get their back pay.
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Therefore, these poor women are not entirelypenniless.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The ancient pass laws were of no use in dealing with the increased numbers of homeless andpennilessurban poor.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Although the majority have families to go to, there is evidence that some arrivepennilessand dispossessed.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is quite possible for an owner of a business, and for his widow and family, today to be left absolutelypenniless.
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I have heard of men who have gone to law and emergedpenniless, stripped by the law and the lawyers.
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