| 词汇 | beggaring |
| 释义 | beggaring present participle ofbeggar beggar verb[ T ] literaryuk /ˈbeɡ.ər/ us /ˈbeɡ.ɚ/ to make a person or organization, etc. extremely poor使（人或组织等）极度贫穷 Idiombeggar belief/description Examples of beggaringbeggaring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is tragic that the world is still divided, and that each nation is beggaring itself by creating armaments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are concerned about the beggaring of local authorities in respect of housing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would say again, however, that the solution to these grave problems does not lie in beggaring ourselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I did not suggest for a moment that this policy was beggaring our neighbours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree there is better work for us to do than beggaring our neighbours, but we must look after our own safety and make ourselves secure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are beggaring the language. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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