needy

英 [ˈniːdi]

美 [ˈniːdi]

adj.  缺乏生活必需品的; 贫困的; 穷困的人; 缺乏自信的; 需要精神支持的

最高级：neediest　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 缺乏生活必需品的；贫困的
  not having enough money, food, clothes, etc.
• 穷困的人
  people who do not have enough money, food, etc.
• 缺乏自信的；需要精神支持的
  not confident, and needing a lot of love and emotional support from other people

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 贫苦的;穷困的
  Needypeople do not have enough food, medicine, or clothing, or adequate houses.
  1. ...a multinational force aimed at ensuring that food and medicine get to needy Somalis.
     旨在确保将食物和药品送至贫困的索马里民众手中的多国部队
  2. The needyare people who are needy.
     贫困者;穷人
  3. There will be efforts to get larger amounts of food to the needy.
     将努力为贫困者筹措更多的食品。

英英释义

noun

• needy people collectively
  1. they try to help the needy

adj

• demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
• poor enough to need help from others
  Synonym:destituteimpoverishedindigentnecessitouspoverty-stricken

双语例句

• Needy families can get national subsidies via food stamps.
  困难家庭可以凭食品券得到国家的补助。
• Although he was poor, he was quite generous to his needy friends.
  他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
• We continue to retrain workers to become more employable, and to support needy families through many assistance programmes.
  我们也继续重新培训员工，以提高他们的受雇能力。我们还实施了多项援助贫困家庭的措施。
• Let's form an association to help the needy children.
  我们成立一个协会帮助贫困儿童吧！
• Governments at the grassroots levels also operate community services for the poor and needy.
  基层政府通过兴办社区服务业，为贫困对象提供照顾和服务。
• My uncle carpenter a table and a few stool for his needy neighbor.
  我叔父给他穷困的邻居做了一张桌子和几只凳子。
• No soldiers, no government NGO members on the street to help needy people.
  没有士兵，没有政府，也没有非政府组织在大街上帮助需要的人。
• The aged and needy postmaster, who had seen better days;
  有上了年纪的贫苦的邮政局局长，他曾经是过过好日子的；
• Yet I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me.
  但我是困苦穷乏的，主仍顾念我。
• Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy
  西尔伯说税收的回落可能会大大减少为贫困人口提供的基本服务。