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

• 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！
• Anything is welcome to the needy.
  贫穷者对任何东西均表欢迎。
• A trip to a needy country to spread supplies, love, and faith.
  一场爱和信念的邻国的旅行。
• 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。
• He saw that we were needy.
  他看到了我们生活的艰辛。
• Health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program.
  为贫困者提供的健康保险；联邦和政府支助的项目。
• 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。
• He afforded a temporary shelter for the needy.
  他为穷人提供暂时的安身之处。
• The prize committee also credited his efforts with helping to increase aid to needy families in the United States.
  奖项委员会也认可了他在帮助增加美国贫困家庭援助方面所做的努力。
• They collected money to help needy children.
  他们集资帮助贫穷的孩子。