be stony-broke
通常用于口语，强调完全没钱。
After losing his job, he was stony-broke.
失业后，他身无分文。
身无分文的；一文不名的
缺乏资金的
缺乏资金的
lacking funds
After paying the rent, I was stony-broke until payday.
付完房租后，我身无分文，一直撑到发薪日。
用法提示：stony-broke 在此作表语形容词，表示“身无分文”。
He can't join us for dinner because he's stony-broke this week.
这周他身无分文，所以不能和我们一起吃晚饭。
用法提示：stony-broke 作表语，说明他没钱的状态。
They wanted to travel abroad, but they were stony-broke at the time.
他们想出国旅行，但当时他们一文不名。
用法提示：stony-broke 作表语形容词，表示当时缺乏资金。
通常用于口语，强调完全没钱。
After losing his job, he was stony-broke.
失业后，他身无分文。
She was just a stony-broke student trying to get by.
她只是一个身无分文、勉强度日的学生。
较正式，与stony-broke强度相当
非正式口语，与stony-broke基本同义
语气更强，指极度贫困
主要适用于公司或个人财务破产，较正式
正式，强调长期贫困状态
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a stony-broke.
正确表达He is stony-broke.
形容词不能用作名词，应直接作表语，不加冠词。
grammar · medium
易错句子I have stony-broke.
正确表达I am stony-broke.
表达‘身无分文’用be动词，have表示拥有，不搭配。
stone broke 是 stony-broke 的拼写变体，意思完全相同，但拼写不同，容易混淆。
broke 与 stony-broke 意思相近，但 stony-broke 语气更强，更口语化。broke 更常用，且可指暂时没钱。
penniless 是正式用语，stony-broke 是口语俚语，两者文体不同。
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