| 单词 | beggar |
| 释义 | beggar (once / 322 pages) 1nv 2v A beggar is a poor person who asks others, or begs, for money or food. Another word for a beggar is a "panhandler," although both terms are vaguely offensive. No one wants to be a beggar. Many people who are beggars are also homeless and haven't been able to find jobs. Sometimes people use the word in an informal, pitying way: "Poor little beggar, he works so hard!" Another informal term is "to beggar belief," as when something is so incredible that you find it hard to believe. Another expression is “beggars can’t be choosers” which means you get what you get and you don’t get upset. WORD FAMILYbeggar: beggared, beggaring, beggarly, beggars USAGE EXAMPLESIn December, beggars hawk Santa hats and felt reindeer antlers. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) Harvey’s vision of our streets is that of a war-town world full of beggars and the forgotten. Los Angeles Times(Dec 20, 2016) Chief executive David Fakes said punishing Flynn for selling phenytoin capsules for less than phenytoin tablets "beggars belief". Reuters(Dec 07, 2016) 1 1n a pauper who lives by begging Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper mendicant Lazarus the diseased beggar in Jesus' parable of the rich man and the beggar beggarman a man who is a beggar beggarwomana woman who is a beggar cadger, mooch, moocher, scroungersomeone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) panhandlera beggar who approaches strangers asking for money sannyasi, sannyasin, sanyasia Hindu religious mendicant schnorrer, shnorrer(Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others pauper a person who is very poor 2v reduce to beggary 2Syn|Hyper pauperise, pauperize impoverish make poor v be beyond the resources of This beggars description! Hyper defy, refuse, resist elude, especially in a baffling way |
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