单词 | resourceless |
释义 | resourcelessadj. Without resource; lacking resources. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > miserable or wretched > having no resources left succourless1412 moyenless1599 resourceless1787 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > lacking resourcefulness unshifty1570 shiftless1584 boss1599 helpless1620 unshiftable1622 self-helpless1634 foisonless1721 feckless1773 resourceless1787 weirdless1821 hopeless1854 fibreless1864 1787 Generous Attachm. IV. 113 The resourceless Mr. Traffic, confounded and silent, is the picture of despair! 1826 W. Jay Christian Contemplated vi. 197 He is laid waste, but he is not resourceless. 1886 A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) xiii. 540 Resourceless youths who managed to exist..on the patronage of the public. 1907 D. G. Phillips Second Generation xii. 144 The reality of his position—moneyless, resourceless, friendless—burst over him like a waterspout. 1970 Geog. Jrnl. 136 437 In modern times in a united Germany the resourceless mountains have lost population. 2003 C. Hearn Sorties into Hell x. 148 There was no place to go but into the resourceless wilderness. Derivatives reˈsourcelessness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > tribulation, trouble, or affliction > having no resources left resourcelessness1826 1826 Examiner 22 Oct. We are only to look around us, and wonder at our utter resourcelessness. 1922 E. E. Southard & M. C. Jarrett Kingdom of Evils (1973) xxx. 162 More fundamental than this material resourcelessness was the poverty of her relations with her husband. 1997 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 6 Feb. 4/3 Servant girls and agricultural laborers..held back by physical exhaustion, financial resourcelessness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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