Word · Frequency #9846
beggar
使沦为乞丐;使贫穷
核心释义
to make someone extremely poor; to reduce someone to beggary
- 1.
使某人沦为乞丐;使贫穷。
To make a beggar of someone; impoverish.
- 2.
To exhaust the resources of; to outdo or go beyond.
- 3.
超出...的财力
be beyond the resources of
- 4.
使沦为乞丐
reduce to beggary
超出;使显得不足;使某人沦为乞丐;使贫穷。;超出...的财力;使沦为乞丐;使贫穷
用法In use
The war beggared the once prosperous nation.
用法提示:这里 beggar 作为动词,表示‘使贫穷’,过去式 beggared 用于描述战争导致国家贫困。
Reckless spending beggared him within a few years.
用法提示:beggar 作动词,意为‘使成乞丐’,过去式 beggared 强调结果。
The economic crisis is beggaring many small businesses.
用法提示:现在进行时 beggaring 表示‘使贫穷’,强调持续的影响。
This beggars description!
beggar belief/description
常用于否定意义,表示极端程度。
His arrogance beggars belief.
他的傲慢令人难以置信。
beggar someone
正式用法,指使某人赤贫。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- beggar description
- 难以形容
- The beauty of the sunset beggared description.日落的美景难以形容。
- beggar belief
- 难以置信
- His lies beggar belief.他的谎言令人难以置信。
- beggar all comparison
- 无与伦比
- This performance beggars all comparison.这场表演无与伦比。
- be beggared by
- 被…弄得一贫如洗
- Many families were beggared by the war.许多家庭因战争而一贫如洗。
- beggar oneself
- 使…沦为乞丐
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象乞丐(beggar)在乞讨(beg),动词beggar就是“使成为乞丐”,记住“beg”加“gar”变成“让人乞讨”
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:正式语境、文学表述 动词 'beggar' 表示‘超出财力或使贫穷’时,通常用于正式或文学语境,尤其在固定短语 (如 beggar belief) 中;日常口语较少单独使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like sugar and vinegar share the same ending /ɡɚ/ and rhyme with beggar. However, liquor, burglar, dollar, and collar are spelling lookalikes but have different sounds (liquor ends with /kɚ/, burglar adds /l/, and dollar/collar end with /lɚ/).
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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