indigent
发音
英 [ˈɪndɪdʒənt]
美 [ˈɪndɪdʒənt]
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- adj.
- 贫穷的,贫困的,缺少钱财的
单词词源
indigent 贫穷的
indi-,在内,在里,来自in-的扩大形式,-ig,缺乏,需要,来自拉丁语egere,需要的,来自PIE*angh,紧的,紧缩的,词源同anguish,anxious.引申词义贫穷的。
双语例句
- 1. Glasgow and edinburgh were inundated with indigent refugees .
- 格拉斯哥和爱丁堡被贫困的难民所淹没。
- 2. The town government is responsible for assistance to indigent people .
- 镇政府负责给穷人提供帮助。
- 3. A judge normally appoints the attorney for an indigent defendant at the defendant 's first court .
- 法官通常会在贫穷被告人第一次出庭时,为其指派一名辩护律师。
- 4. That 's an indigent country .
- 那是个物资很贫乏的国家。
- 5. Aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped .
- 给年老、贫困、残疾的人的帮助。