be stone-broke
After the divorce, he was stone-broke.
离婚后,他一个钱也没有。
一个钱也没有的,赤贫的
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
一个钱也没有的,赤贫的
lacking funds
After the divorce, he was stone-broke.
离婚后,他一个钱也没有。
一个钱也没有的;赤贫的
s lacking funds
After buying that expensive car, he was stone-broke for months.
买了那辆昂贵的车后,他好几个月都身无分文。
During the recession, many families found themselves stone-broke.
经济衰退期间,许多家庭发现自己一贫如洗。
She lent him money, but he spent it all and is now stone-broke again.
她借钱给他,但他全花光了,现在又一文不名。
After the divorce, he was stone-broke.
离婚后,他一个钱也没有。
The company went stone-broke within a year.
这家公司在一年内就破产了。
这种定语用法不如表语常见。
He was a stone-broke artist living in a tiny apartment.
他是一个赤贫的艺术家,住在一间小公寓里。
Not this
He has stone-broke.
Use this
He is stone-broke.
stone-broke 是形容词,意为'赤贫的',在英语中作表语需与系动词 be 连用,不能直接跟在及物动词 have 后面。中文母语者受'有钱'、'没钱'等动词搭配影响,易误将其用作名词。
Not this
He is stone broke.
Use this
He is stone-broke.
标准拼写为连字符形式 stone-broke,中文无连字符概念,学习者常忽略。句中 broke 单独使用也是形容词,但复合形容词 stone-broke 是固定拼写,不可省略连字符。
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