| 词汇 | beggarly |
| 释义 | beggarly adjective literaryuk /ˈbeɡ.ə.li/ us /ˈbeɡ.ɚ.li/ small in amount and not at all generous: 少量的；贫乏的 The council voted to give the new project a beggarly amount of money.委员会投票拨给这个新项目少量的资金。 like a beggar in appearance, way of life, etc.: 乞丐般的；赤贫的 a poor and beggarly people一个赤贫的、乞丐般的民族 Small in number and quantity below bupkis certain could count something on (the fingers of) one handidiom count drabs measly mildness mingy minimal minimally remote scantly slenderly slenderness smallness speak strength suggestion thin Examples of beggarlybeggarly I bid her take herself, and her beggarly pride out of my house directly. Until recently they have been paid a very beggarly pittance for the work they do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should the stage on which there would be a wider scope for discussion be reduced to one beggarly day? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Despite the savage and devastating closures no one can deny that we have become a beggarly king. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We tried to bring in some higher education beyond the beggarly elements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Well, that beggarly policy is thrown over here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At such a time we get this beggarly thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Can they refuse to give these men a definite assurance that their pensions will be continued for more than just the beggarly period of five years? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The pensions they were given on retirement were related only to that part of the service which was "established" and they went out on beggarly pensions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was banded into great political organisations, and, beggarly as was his lot, he was prepared to defy landlords and farmers in the assertion of his own rights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The lands were confiscated; the buildings were sold for beggarly sums, and often for beggarly purposes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Your beggarly life will be the envy of kings! From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Beggarly always used number 82 on his cars. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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