beggar
英 ['begə]
美['bɛɡɚ]
- n. 乞丐；穷人；家伙
- vt. 使贫穷；使沦为乞丐
词态变化
复数: beggars;第三人称单数: beggars;过去式: beggared;现在分词: beggaring;
英英释意
- 1. a pauper who lives by begging
英文词源
- beggar (n.)
- c. 1200, from Old French begart, originally a member of the Beghards, lay brothers of mendicants in the Low Countries, from Middle Dutch beggaert "mendicant," of uncertain origin, with pejorative suffix (see -ard). Compare Beguine. Early folk etymology connected the English word with bag. Form with -ar attested from 14c., but begger was more usual 15c.-17c. The feminine form beggestere is attested as a surname from c. 1300. Beggar's velvet was an old name for "dust bunnies." "Beggers should be no choosers" is in Heywood (1562).
- beggar (v.)
- "reduce to poverty," mid-15c., from beggar (n.). Related: Beggared; beggaring. Figurative use by 1640s.
词组搭配
beggar belief (或 description)
be too extraordinary to be believed or described
（因十分异乎寻常而令人）难以置信（或难以形容）
beggars can't be choosers
(proverb)people with no other options must be content with what is offered
(谚)要饭的哪能挑肥拣瘦；没有选择权就只好满足于能得到的东西
set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the De
(proverb)someone unaccustomed to power or luxury will abuse or be corrupted by it
(谚)长期掌权者必滥用权力；习惯于奢靡生活者必腐化
实用场景例句
- 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。
牛津词典
- Why should I beggar myself for you?
- 我为什么要为你受穷？
牛津词典
- Aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar?
- 你这个懒汉还没穿好衣服吗？
牛津词典
- His courage beggars description.
- 他的胆量无法用语言来形容。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The statistics beggar belief...
- 统计数据让人难以置信。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Once a beggar, always a beggar.
- 一次做乞丐, 永远是乞丐.
期刊摘选
- Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
- 叫化子发财必然忘乎所以.
期刊摘选
- After the beggar finished his food. He left for home – a hut of wood.
- 那乞丐吃饱后. 他回去他的家–一间木屋.
期刊摘选
- The war reduced Angola to a beggar nation, dependent on handouts from the World Food Program.
- 内战直接让安哥拉变成了要饭国家, 依靠联合国粮食计划苟延残喘.
期刊摘选
- The beggar is looking at him with a sadder face.
- 这乞讨者向他露出一脸悲伤.
期刊摘选
- The beggar who was standing by the fruIt'stall was told to shift off.
- 站在水果摊旁的乞丐被告之走开.
期刊摘选
- Henry spent enough money to make Lynn Townsend look like a beggar.
- 享利的那种大手大脚地乱花钱的做法使得汤森相形之下简直象个叫花子.
辞典例句
- What a fine little beggar your boy is!
- 你的儿子是个多么可爱的小家伙呵!
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- These broken clothing can not be worn by beggar.
- 这些破旧衣服连乞丐都不能穿了.
辞典例句
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- His benevolent nature prevented him from refusing any beggar who accosted him.
- 他乐善好施的本性使他不会拒绝走上前向他行乞的任何一个乞丐.
《简明英汉词典》
- He tossed a penny to the beggar.
- 他丢给乞丐一便士.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He is so rich and lives like a beggar.
- 他非常有钱可是生活得象个乞丐.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He turned away a beggar from his door.
- 他把乞丐自门口逐走.
《简明英汉词典》
- He tossed the beggar a coin.
- 他把一枚硬币扔给那个乞丐.
《简明英汉词典》
- The old beggar threw himself at the Caliph's feet.
- 老乞丐扑倒在哈里发的脚下.
《简明英汉词典》
- He threw some coins to the beggar.
- 他向乞丐丢去了几个硬币.
《简明英汉词典》
- When Tom gave him the money, the beggar was surprised and seemed grateful.
- 当汤姆给他钱时, 乞丐很惊奇而且好像很感激.
《简明英汉词典》
- He is a good beggar.
- 他善于募捐.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The supposed prince was really a beggar in disguise.
- 那个被信以为真的王子,原来是个乔装的乞丐.
《现代英汉综合大词典》