Word

stony-broke

/sˈtəʊniːbrˈəʊk/

adjective

身无分文的；一文不名的

核心释义

lacking funds

缺乏资金的；一文不名的；身无分文的

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.