beggary

英['begɜːrɪ] 美['begərɪ]
  • n. 赤贫
  • begad 天哪
  • began v.开始;着手(begin的过去式)
  • begar n.乞丐;穷人;【英】家伙vt.使贫穷;使不足;使不能
  • begat vt.招致
  • begats 系谱
Noun:
  1. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

  2. the state of being a beggar or mendicant;

    "they were reduced to mendicancy"

1. From this it was but a step to beggary.
这只差一步就沦为乞丐了.

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2. There's beggary in the love that can be reckoned.
可以量深浅的爱是贫乏的.

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3. In those years the landless peasants were brought to beggary.
在那些年月里无地的农民一贫如洗.

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4. Idleness is key of beggary and the root of all evil.
懒惰是赤贫之道,也是万恶之源.

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5. Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary.
死要面子活受罪.

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. His speculation reduced him to beggary.
      他的投机使他陷于赤贫。
    2. They advance against that standard, rather than the pestilence, beggary and injustice of serfdom.
      他们朝着这个标准而努力,而不是瘟疫,赤贫和不公正的奴隶制度。