beggar

• 名词，指因贫穷而靠向他人乞讨钱或食物为生的人；也可泛指非常贫穷的人。

A noun referring to a person who lives by asking others for money or food, often due to poverty.

1. A person who begsA2formal

   A person who lives by asking others for money or food, typically due to poverty.

   乞丐

   • A beggar sat on the street corner asking for change.
   • She gave some food to the beggar near the station.
   • The city has programs to help beggars find shelter and work.

   同义词cadgerhobomendicantpanhandlerscroungersupplicanttrampvagrant

2. Be beyond the resources ofC1formal

   To be so difficult or expensive that it cannot be achieved or afforded.

   超出承受能力

   • The cost of the renovation beggars belief.
   • His talent beggars description.
   • The sheer scale of the project beggars the imagination.

   同义词defyexceedoutstripsurpasstranscend

3. Reduce to beggaryC1formal

   To make someone extremely poor, to the point of having to beg.

   使沦为乞丐

   • The war beggared the entire region.
   • His gambling addiction beggared his family.
   • The economic crisis beggared many small business owners.

   反义词benefactor

• 动词，指使人变得贫穷或耗尽某物的资源。

A verb used to indicate the act of reducing someone to poverty or making someone poor, or to exhaust the resources of something.

1. Reduce to povertyB2formal

   To make someone extremely poor or destitute.

   使贫穷

   • The war beggared the entire region.
   • His gambling habit beggared his family.
   • The economic crisis beggared thousands of small farmers.

   同义词bankruptbustclean outruinwipe out

   反义词endowenrichfinance

2. Exceed or defyC1formal

   To be beyond the capacity or resources of something, often used in the phrase 'beggar belief' or 'beggar description'.

   超出或 defy

   • The complexity of the problem beggars belief.
   • Her kindness beggars description.
   • The beauty of the landscape beggars all imagination.

   同义词defyexceedoutstripsurpasstranscend