| 释义 |
beggared, ppl. a.|ˈbɛgəd|
[f. beggar v. + -ed1.]
Reduced to destitution; impoverished.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, iv. ii. 43 Bigge Mars seemes banqu'-rout in their begger'd Hoast. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. Wk. V. 88 The discredited paper securities of impoverished fraud, and beggared rapine, held out as a currency for the support of an empire. 1857Buckle Civilis. I. xi. 653 A rapacious government, and a beggared exchequer.
fig.c1600Shakes. Sonn. lxvii, Beggerd of blood to blush through liuely vaines. 1742Young Nt. Th. iv. 425 Their beggar'd blaze wants lustre for my lay. |