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单词 beggar
释义 beg·gar
I. \ˈbegə(r), -āg-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English beggare, beggere, from beggen to beg + -are, -ere -er — more at beg
1.
 a. : one that begs; especially : one that lives by asking for gifts
 b. : one that asks (as for a gift) earnestly or humbly
  < he must be a good beggar — money raiser the vestries call it — Nelson Rightmyer >
2. : a poor or impoverished person
 < this system only created beggars, completely dependent on outside help — Darcy Ribeiro >
3. : fellow
 < the poor little beggars in the orphanages >
 < a good-hearted beggar >
II. transitive verb
(beggared ; beggared ; beggaring \-g(ə)riŋ\ ; beggars)
1. : to reduce to beggary : impoverish
 < wars that beggar a nation >
: reduce the value of
 < beggaring the very policy he was advocating — Time >
2. : to reduce to inadequacy : exceed the resources of
 < the costumes of the performers almost beggar description — Bess A. Garner >
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