Word
stony-broke
/sˈtəʊniːbrˈəʊk/
adjective
身无分文的；一文不名的
lacking funds
- 1.
lacking funds
缺乏资金的
缺乏资金的；一文不名的；身无分文的
In use
After paying the rent, I was stony-broke until payday.
He can't join us for dinner because he's stony-broke this week.
They wanted to travel abroad, but they were stony-broke at the time.
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。
a stony-broke [noun]
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。
Common mistakes
He is a stony-broke.He is stony-broke.
形容词不能用作名词，应直接作表语，不加冠词。
I have stony-broke.I am stony-broke.
表达‘身无分文’用be动词，have表示拥有，不搭配。
Connections
Synonyms
- penniless
- 身无分文的 · 较正式，与stony-broke强度相当
- broke
- 没钱的 · 非正式口语，与stony-broke基本同义
- destitute
- 赤贫的 · 语气更强，指极度贫困
- insolvent
- 无力偿还债务的 · 主要适用于公司或个人财务破产，较正式
- impoverished
- 贫困的 · 正式，强调长期贫困状态
Confusing words
- stone broke
- 身无分文的 · 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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT.