indigent

英 [ˈɪndɪdʒənt]

美 [ˈɪndɪdʒənt]

adj.  十分贫穷的

复数：indigents　

TOEFLGRE

BNC.36066 / COCA.15961

牛津词典

adj.

• 十分贫穷的
  very poor

柯林斯词典

• 贫穷的;贫困的
  Someone who isindigentis very poor.

英英释义

adj

• poor enough to need help from others
  Synonym:destituteimpoverishednecessitousneedypoverty-stricken

双语例句

• The major factors of the constrained theory controlling the masses are the followings: the expressions of theoretical research and public education are obscure and indigent;
  制约理论掌握群众的主要因素是：理论研究和宣传教育的语言表达流于晦涩和贫乏；
• A contrast to China, the antimonopoly law just likes a new born baby, the definition of relevant market are more indigent on theory, deficient on legislation and lacking on practice.
  对比我国，反垄断法如一新出生婴儿，而相关市场的界定更是理论贫乏、立法不足、实践空白。
• So our life become indigent, for every facet is only a lay at most, while life is multifaceted, you must become more liquid, more capricious, easier to melt, and easier to assimilate;
  因此，我们的生命变得贫乏，因为每一个方面最多也只是一个层面，而生命是多层面的，你必须变得更流动、更善变、更易融化、更易吸取；
• And he argues that indigent citizens, who are unable to provide for themselves, should not be forced to rely simply upon the private charity of individuals but should be maintained at public expense.
  对于那些因贫困而无法养活自己的人，他却认为不能让他们，完全依靠私人的慈善救济过活，而应当用国家公共支出，建立相应的保障来维持他们的生活。
• That which is carried on for the benefit of the poor and the indigent is too often either neglected or oppressed.
  这样做有利于穷人不然穷人往往要么被忽视或受压迫。
• Indigent construction fund and unitary financial channel seriously restrict the development of Chongqing expressway.
  建设资金匮乏、融资方式单一，严重制约了重庆高速公路的发展。
• There exist many problems in western rural education, such as its delay development, unreasonable structure, mistake direction and indigent research.
  中国西部农村教育存在发展滞后、结构不当、经费紧缺、导向错位和研究贫乏等问题。
• A responsible government would implement judicious austerity, firing the party hacks who were hired in the go-go years, cutting wages and pensions and restructuring itself to collect taxes and provide useful services, even while retaining transfers to the indigent and elderly.
  一个负责任的政府会实施明智的紧缩措施，开除歌舞升平时期上台的政客，削减工资和养老金，调整自身，征收税收并提供有用的服务，同时保持向穷人和老人进行转移支付。
• For one poor man there are and hundred indigent.
  穷人总有无数贫困潦倒之处。
• Immigration policy has large implications for us debt and the sustainability of entitlements for the indigent population, yet the link seldom receives serious attention.
  移民政策对美国债务与穷人福利的可持续性有着巨大影响，但这种关联却很少受到重视。