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beggarly

/beg-er-lee/US // ˈbɛg ər li //UK // (ˈbɛɡəlɪ) //

卑鄙的,乞丐式的,乞丐式,乞丐

Related Words

abject卑微的,卑微的人,卑微,卑怯broke破产,打破了,破损,打碎了destitute穷困潦倒,穷困的,穷困潦倒的,穷困的人down-and-out落魄的人,落魄的,落魄,落拓inadequate不够,不足,不足的,不够的low低,低的,低位,低级meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是poverty-stricken穷困潦倒,穷困潦倒的,穷困的,贫穷

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : like or befitting a beggar.
    • : meanly inadequate: How does he manage on such a beggarly salary?

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.poor
Synonyms
abject卑微的,卑微的人,卑微,卑怯broke破产,打破了,破损,打碎了destitute穷困潦倒,穷困的,穷困潦倒的,穷困的人down-and-out落魄的人,落魄的,落魄,落拓inadequate不够,不足,不足的,不够的low低,低的,低位,低级meager微薄的,微薄,微不足道,微不足道的mean意味着,是指,意思是说,意思是poverty-stricken穷困潦倒,穷困潦倒的,穷困的,贫穷

Examples

  • I did find that there were foundations that made you feel small and beggarly when asking for support, but Carnegie, under Vartan, was not one of them.

  • I say, down with the aristocracy, the beggarly British aristocracy.

  • Imagine a beggarly girl in an office daring to address such criticism to the great Mr. Lang!

  • And turning to the man confronting me, he added, "This gentleman will settle their beggarly accounts."

  • The money he saves in his damned beggarly court goes to buy men's souls.

  • Why should ladies demean themselves by going amongst dirty beggarly folk?

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