needy

英 [ˈniːdi]

美 [ˈniːdi]

adj.  缺乏生活必需品的; 贫困的; 穷困的人; 缺乏自信的; 需要精神支持的

最高级：neediest　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 缺乏生活必需品的；贫困的
  not having enough money, food, clothes, etc.
• 穷困的人
  people who do not have enough money, food, etc.
• 缺乏自信的；需要精神支持的
  not confident, and needing a lot of love and emotional support from other people

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 贫苦的;穷困的
  Needypeople do not have enough food, medicine, or clothing, or adequate houses.
  1. ...a multinational force aimed at ensuring that food and medicine get to needy Somalis.
     旨在确保将食物和药品送至贫困的索马里民众手中的多国部队
  2. The needyare people who are needy.
     贫困者;穷人
  3. There will be efforts to get larger amounts of food to the needy.
     将努力为贫困者筹措更多的食品。

英英释义

noun

• needy people collectively
  1. they try to help the needy

adj

• demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
• poor enough to need help from others
  Synonym:destituteimpoverishedindigentnecessitouspoverty-stricken

双语例句

• Needy families can get national subsidies via food stamps.
  困难家庭可以凭食品券得到国家的补助。
• He afforded a temporary shelter for the needy.
  他为穷人提供暂时的安身之处。
• Let's form an association to help the needy children.
  我们成立一个协会帮助贫困儿童吧！
• No soldiers, no government NGO members on the street to help needy people.
  没有士兵，没有政府，也没有非政府组织在大街上帮助需要的人。
• Then they said it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, that I was culturally deprived.
  后来他们说认为我自己缺乏生活日用品太自馁了，我是丧失了受教育的机会。
• The plan is to use more than half the savings to provide more federal Pell Grants to needy students.
  该计划将用节约下来的半数以上的资金为贫困学生提供更多的联邦“佩尔奖学金”。
• Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy
  西尔伯说税收的回落可能会大大减少为贫困人口提供的基本服务。
• Anything is welcome to the needy.
  贫穷者对任何东西均表欢迎。
• The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
  因为耶和华听了穷乏人，不藐视被囚的人。
• He saw that we were needy.
  他看到了我们生活的艰辛。