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poor-spirited

/poor-spir-i-tid/US // ˈpʊərˈspɪr ɪ tɪd //

穷途末路,贫嘴的人,穷酸的人,贫嘴

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having or showing a poor, cowardly, or abject spirit.

Examples

  • Placed in drinking water, fluoride can serve people who otherwise have poor access to dental care.

  • If so, he has his silence -- on top of poor judgment -- to blame.

  • But most likely it was linked to the way priests identify with the poor in the face of government and criminal abuses.

  • What they actually mean by that is, you know, he actually knows some people that are poor.

  • For those living in poor communities in particular, interactions with police rarely come with good news and a smile.

  • Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.

  • He did believe you, more or less, and what you said fell in with his own impressions—strange impressions that they were, poor man!

  • In withdrawing aside sorrow remaineth: and the substance of the poor is according to his heart.

  • The poor must look to the brightness of a future world for the consolation that they were denied in this.

  • Y was a Youth, that did not love school; Z was a Zany, a poor harmless fool.