英语词汇“homelessness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

The earthquake left thousands of people homeless.
The possibility that he might become homeless frightened him.
There is a system of shelters for homeless people.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

It was written, edited, illustrated and compiled by homeless and formerly homeless people in San Francisco.
Just a few years ago, Tanya was homeless and begging for money in front of a supermarket in New York City.
One family has been left homeless.
Pleas that the couple and their two young children will be homeless and facing financial ruin have fallen on deaf ears.
San Antonio and Seattle were among the 60 percent of cities reporting the length of time people are homeless increased in 1996.
Thousands of slum-dwellers were killed, and an estimated 100,000 people were made homeless.
What value is our own home if we can not feel for those who are homeless?
Without proper treatment and support, many end up homeless, unemployed for long periods, and cut off from their families.

Longman Language Activatorto have no home► not have anywhere to live

also have nowhere to live · She was in a strange city, with no job and without anywhere to live.· He's staying at my house because he has nowhere to live right now.

► homeless

having no home to live in, especially because you are very poor or have been forced to leave your old home: · The possibility that he might become homeless frightened him.· There is a system of shelters for homeless people.· The earthquake left thousands of people homeless.

► be on the streets

informal to sleep outdoors in a city because you do not have anywhere to live: · As many as 250,000 children are homeless and on the streets.· He ran away from home and lived rough on the streets until the police helped him get into a hostel.

people who have no home to live in► the homeless

· We distribute food and blankets to the homeless on the streets of London.· There aren't enough places in short-stay hostels, so the homeless are reduced to sleeping in cardboard boxes.

► transient

American someone who has no home or regular work: · Empty houses attract drug users and transients.· Farther along the street was a transient who was carrying his belongings in a plastic bag.

► bum

American informal a person, usually a man, who has no home or regular job and asks people for money on the streets: · A couple of bums were passing a bottle in a doorway.

► bag-lady

informal a woman with no home or job who carries all her possessions around with her in a bag: · A bag lady with a shopping cart was picking through the garbage for aluminum cans.

► tramp

someone, especially a man, who has no home or job , and who often asks people for money to live: · An old tramp was sleeping under Waterloo Bridge, his coat wrapped tight to keep out the cold.

► vagrant

especially written someone who has no home or regular work, and goes from place to place - used especially in legal or official contexts: · Our charity provides shelter, meals, and clothing for vagrants.· The number of vagrants is increasing because of the lack of affordable accommodation for rent in the capital.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► made homeless

Thousands of people have been made homeless.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► as

· They came to Hammersmith in London and applied for accommodation as homeless persons.· The incentive for the men was that as homeless itinerants their social security would be under £20 a week.· The official statistics only include those accepted as homeless by local authority, and they are mainly households with children.· They applied to the local authority for accommodation as homeless persons, but were rejected on the ground that they had accommodation.

► intentionally

· They would then be tagged as intentionally homeless.· The court held that they were intentionally homeless and so disqualified.· It evidently included an assertion that the local authority had wrongly decided that he was intentionally homeless.

NOUN► child

· But they were not used to wandering by themselves, in the manner of the later homeless children.· Even today, most of its 300odd boarders are orphans or homeless children.· Primary School children from the Oxfordshire village of Standlake have been putting together individual boxes for the thousands of homeless children.· In fact, 78 percent of the homeless children were under the age of six.· Including lots of homeless children and adults on the streets, lots of violence and crimes.

► family

· The scheme to buy up empty houses and rent them to homeless families will help to solve two problems.· The town has a growing problem of homeless families with more than 100 on the waiting list.· He unveiled a radical £750 million package to buy up 20,000 empty houses for the use of homeless families.· Housing benefit is over budget, partly because of the rise in the number of homeless families having to be expensively bed-and-breakfasted.· They also include some people from ethnic minorities, homeless and rootless people, homeless families, and substance misusers.

► man

· Approaching 1,000 homeless men have been temporarily housed there since it opened.· Police were interviewing another homeless man who was believed to be in the building at the time of the fire.· First the day-care center went; then a long-established restaurant; then a shelter for homeless men.· Apparently they're up to here in woolies, but nobody ever remembers that homeless men need underpants too.· The stabbings occurred just one night after two homeless men were stabbed several times while they slept only a few blocks away.· Nearly ninety homeless men staying at Newcastle's palace signed a petition protesting against the food.· Inside the library, homeless men in every condition take up many of the chairs throughout the building.

► people

· Nearly 30 percent were put off by all the homeless people and beggars, up 6 points from 1989.· She turns away up to 6 homeless people a day.· Thirty-two homeless or previously homeless people responded to the study by voice mail.· Now they were told that homeless people from all over New York could be entitled to one of the apartments.· Councils and housing associations will be allowed to lease or buy empty homes in order to provide accommodation for homeless people.· We heard that the city was in ruins and that it was filled with thousands of starving, homeless people.

► person

· Consider too the vulnerability of the homeless person with no fixed abode.· Nor did he pledge to provide every homeless person with a warm, clean place to sleep.· The homeless person was not interested in Peter's box.· Nevertheless, I sense a growing coldness toward homeless persons, as well as toward welfare recipients in general.· As you have been informed, my council makes one offer only to homeless persons.· A statute created an obligation on the defendant council to provide housing for homeless persons.· This was another case which homeless persons occupying temporary accommodation.· The homeless persons sought judicial review of that resolution by the local authority.

► problem

· But with the growing homeless problem, ministers admit that the attempt has failed.

► shelter

· Last month, children accounted for 1, 412 of the 5, 299 people living in homeless shelters in the city.· Everyone knew that would drive up spending on welfare and homeless shelters.· They never had enough money, so they lived in various hotels, apartments and homeless shelters.· They lived in hotels and homeless shelters.· They enjoyed researching everything from homeless shelters to environmental advocacy groups.· They lived in a homeless shelter until a room opened up at the Reiss Hotel.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the homeless

There aren't enough places in short-stay hostels, so the homeless are reduced to sleeping in cardboard boxes.
We distribute food and blankets to the homeless on the streets of London.

WORD FAMILYadjectivehomelesshomelyhomewardnounhomehomelessnessadverbhomehomewardsverbhome

单词	homelessness
释义	homelesshome‧less /ˈhəʊmləs $ ˈhoʊm-/ ●●○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The earthquake left thousands of people homeless. The possibility that he might become homeless frightened him. There is a system of shelters for homeless people. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It was written, edited, illustrated and compiled by homeless and formerly homeless people in San Francisco. Just a few years ago, Tanya was homeless and begging for money in front of a supermarket in New York City. One family has been left homeless. Pleas that the couple and their two young children will be homeless and facing financial ruin have fallen on deaf ears. San Antonio and Seattle were among the 60 percent of cities reporting the length of time people are homeless increased in 1996. Thousands of slum-dwellers were killed, and an estimated 100,000 people were made homeless. What value is our own home if we can not feel for those who are homeless? Without proper treatment and support, many end up homeless, unemployed for long periods, and cut off from their families. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto have no home► not have anywhere to live also have nowhere to live · She was in a strange city, with no job and without anywhere to live.· He's staying at my house because he has nowhere to live right now. ► homeless having no home to live in, especially because you are very poor or have been forced to leave your old home: · The possibility that he might become homeless frightened him.· There is a system of shelters for homeless people.· The earthquake left thousands of people homeless. ► be on the streets informal to sleep outdoors in a city because you do not have anywhere to live: · As many as 250,000 children are homeless and on the streets.· He ran away from home and lived rough on the streets until the police helped him get into a hostel. people who have no home to live in► the homeless · We distribute food and blankets to the homeless on the streets of London.· There aren't enough places in short-stay hostels, so the homeless are reduced to sleeping in cardboard boxes. ► transient American someone who has no home or regular work: · Empty houses attract drug users and transients.· Farther along the street was a transient who was carrying his belongings in a plastic bag. ► bum American informal a person, usually a man, who has no home or regular job and asks people for money on the streets: · A couple of bums were passing a bottle in a doorway. ► bag-lady informal a woman with no home or job who carries all her possessions around with her in a bag: · A bag lady with a shopping cart was picking through the garbage for aluminum cans. ► tramp someone, especially a man, who has no home or job , and who often asks people for money to live: · An old tramp was sleeping under Waterloo Bridge, his coat wrapped tight to keep out the cold. ► vagrant especially written someone who has no home or regular work, and goes from place to place - used especially in legal or official contexts: · Our charity provides shelter, meals, and clothing for vagrants.· The number of vagrants is increasing because of the lack of affordable accommodation for rent in the capital. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► made homeless Thousands of people have been made homeless. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► as · They came to Hammersmith in London and applied for accommodation as homeless persons.· The incentive for the men was that as homeless itinerants their social security would be under £20 a week.· The official statistics only include those accepted as homeless by local authority, and they are mainly households with children.· They applied to the local authority for accommodation as homeless persons, but were rejected on the ground that they had accommodation. ► intentionally · They would then be tagged as intentionally homeless.· The court held that they were intentionally homeless and so disqualified.· It evidently included an assertion that the local authority had wrongly decided that he was intentionally homeless. NOUN► child · But they were not used to wandering by themselves, in the manner of the later homeless children.· Even today, most of its 300odd boarders are orphans or homeless children.· Primary School children from the Oxfordshire village of Standlake have been putting together individual boxes for the thousands of homeless children.· In fact, 78 percent of the homeless children were under the age of six.· Including lots of homeless children and adults on the streets, lots of violence and crimes. ► family · The scheme to buy up empty houses and rent them to homeless families will help to solve two problems.· The town has a growing problem of homeless families with more than 100 on the waiting list.· He unveiled a radical £750 million package to buy up 20,000 empty houses for the use of homeless families.· Housing benefit is over budget, partly because of the rise in the number of homeless families having to be expensively bed-and-breakfasted.· They also include some people from ethnic minorities, homeless and rootless people, homeless families, and substance misusers. ► man · Approaching 1,000 homeless men have been temporarily housed there since it opened.· Police were interviewing another homeless man who was believed to be in the building at the time of the fire.· First the day-care center went; then a long-established restaurant; then a shelter for homeless men.· Apparently they're up to here in woolies, but nobody ever remembers that homeless men need underpants too.· The stabbings occurred just one night after two homeless men were stabbed several times while they slept only a few blocks away.· Nearly ninety homeless men staying at Newcastle's palace signed a petition protesting against the food.· Inside the library, homeless men in every condition take up many of the chairs throughout the building. ► people · Nearly 30 percent were put off by all the homeless people and beggars, up 6 points from 1989.· She turns away up to 6 homeless people a day.· Thirty-two homeless or previously homeless people responded to the study by voice mail.· Now they were told that homeless people from all over New York could be entitled to one of the apartments.· Councils and housing associations will be allowed to lease or buy empty homes in order to provide accommodation for homeless people.· We heard that the city was in ruins and that it was filled with thousands of starving, homeless people. ► person · Consider too the vulnerability of the homeless person with no fixed abode.· Nor did he pledge to provide every homeless person with a warm, clean place to sleep.· The homeless person was not interested in Peter's box.· Nevertheless, I sense a growing coldness toward homeless persons, as well as toward welfare recipients in general.· As you have been informed, my council makes one offer only to homeless persons.· A statute created an obligation on the defendant council to provide housing for homeless persons.· This was another case which homeless persons occupying temporary accommodation.· The homeless persons sought judicial review of that resolution by the local authority. ► problem · But with the growing homeless problem, ministers admit that the attempt has failed. ► shelter · Last month, children accounted for 1, 412 of the 5, 299 people living in homeless shelters in the city.· Everyone knew that would drive up spending on welfare and homeless shelters.· They never had enough money, so they lived in various hotels, apartments and homeless shelters.· They lived in hotels and homeless shelters.· They enjoyed researching everything from homeless shelters to environmental advocacy groups.· They lived in a homeless shelter until a room opened up at the Reiss Hotel. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the homeless There aren't enough places in short-stay hostels, so the homeless are reduced to sleeping in cardboard boxes. We distribute food and blankets to the homeless on the streets of London. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectivehomelesshomelyhomewardnounhomehomelessnessadverbhomehomewardsverbhome 1without a home: Thousands of people have been made homeless.2the homeless [plural] people who have nowhere to live, and who often live on the streets—homelessness noun [uncountable]
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