the destitute
定冠词 the 加 destitute 可统称赤贫人群。
The destitute depend on public shelters in winter.
冬天,赤贫者依赖公共收容所。
赤贫者;穷困潦倒的人
destitutes — plural of destitute
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赤贫者;穷困潦倒的人
an extremely poor person who lacks basic necessities of life
The destitute depend on public shelters in winter.
冬天,赤贫者依赖公共收容所。
穷困的;缺乏的
poor enough to need help from others
The soup kitchen was opened to feed the growing number of destitutes in the city.
这家施粥所是为供应城市里日益增多的赤贫者而开设的。
A social worker helped a destitute apply for housing benefits.
一名社工帮助这名赤贫者申请住房补助。
After losing his job, he became one of the destitutes living on the streets.
失业后,他成了流落街头的赤贫者之一。
定冠词 the 加 destitute 可统称赤贫人群。
The destitute depend on public shelters in winter.
冬天,赤贫者依赖公共收容所。
作名词时是可数名词,复数形式为 destitutes。
A destitute was found collapsed on the sidewalk.
一个赤贫者被发现倒在人行道上。
Not this
The government provides aid to destitute.
Use this
The government provides aid to the destitute.
当 destitute 作名词表示“赤贫的人”这一类人时,通常与 the 连用,指整个群体;不加 the 会让句子缺少限定,语义不完整。这里需要 the destitute 表示“赤贫者(整个群体)”。
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Destitute is a serious problem in many countries.
Use this
Destitution is a serious problem in many countries.
名词 destitute 指“赤贫的人”,是具体的人;表示“赤贫、穷困”这种状态要用名词 destitution。中文里“赤贫”既可指人也可指状态,因此容易混用。这里说的是“问题”(状态),所以应改为 destitution。
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