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beggar

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n.乞丐

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beggar为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:beggared 过去分词:beggared 现在分词:beggaring 第三人称单数:beggars

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beggar


/'begə(r); `bɛˇɚ/
n
1 person who lives by begging; very poor person 乞丐; 很穷的人.
2 (infml 口) person; fellow 人; 家伙
*You lucky beggar! 你这幸运的家伙!
* The cheeky beggar! 不要脸的家伙!
3 (idm 习语) ,beggars can't be `choosers (infml saying 口, 谚) when you have no choice, you must be satisfied with what is available 叫花子不能挑肥拣瘦(无选择余地, 只好有什么算什么); 饥不择食
*I would have preferred a bed, but beggars can't be choosers so I slept on the sofa. 我本想要张床, 但是叫花子不能挑肥拣瘦, 所以我就睡在沙发上了.

v
1 [Tn] make (sb/sth) poor; impoverish; ruin 使(某人[某事物])穷, 贫困; 毁坏
*a nation beggaredby crippling taxes 困于苛捐杂税的国民.
2 (idm 习语) beggar de`scription be too extraordinary to describeadequately 难以形容
*a sunset which beggared description妙不可言的日落景象
* His conduct is so bad it beggars (all) description. 他的品行之坏不可名状.
1. The beam from a flashlight showed a beggar sleeping at his doorstep.
    借用手电筒的光, 他看到了一个睡在他家门口的乞丐。

2. The mendacious beggar told a different tale of woe at every house.
    那个好说谎的乞丐在每家说不同的悲哀故事。

3. All the same, Chaplin's comic beggar didn't seem all that English or even working class.
    尽管如此,卓别林的喜剧乞丐形象并不那么像英国人,甚至也不像劳动阶级的人。

4. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.
    昨天有个乞丐敲我家的门. 他向我要了一顿饭和一杯啤酒.

5. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door.
    昨天一个乞丐来敲我的门,

6. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.
    作为回报,那乞丐头顶地倒立起来,嘴里还唱着歌。

7. I shall look like a beggar.
    我看起来会像是一个乞丐。

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