| 单词 | beggarly |
| 释义 | beggarly (once / 5516 pages) adj WORD FAMILY beggar: beggared, beggaring, beggarly, beggars USAGE EXAMPLESThe left accuses him of wanting to return Britain to the beggarly 1930s, a claim Mr Osborne rebuts vigorously enough to suggest it stings. Economist(Mar 12, 2015) So few assistants, so pitiably few customers, such a beggarly array of goods! Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington), Mrs. Thompson—A Novel(2012) We shall not get any before next January, and then only a beggarly hundred or so. Hopkins, William John, The Clammer and the Submarine(2012) 1adj marked by poverty befitting a beggar a beggarly existence in the slums Syn mean poor characterized by or indicating poverty 2adj (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt Syn mean stingy, ungenerous unwilling to spend |
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