| 词汇 | example_english_beggar |
| 释义 | Examples of beggarThese 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. The urban reform and revolutions in the early twentieth century did not change the situation of beggars, who survived until the early 1950s. One such question is whether the beggars we encounter on the streets of our cities are hungry or homeless. The most impressive aspects of this book are the research work with beggars. The expulsion of ' undesirable ' persons became a common resort, including not only political activists or purportedly subversive agents, but also beggars, thieves, drunkards and others. The best players were divided between them, the rest were packed off to the provinces or driven out of town as beggars. The significance of the fact that it was the poor, beggars and vagrants who were accused of arson will be addressed later. He studied times, places, different types of beggars - almost even the clothes that they wore - to heighten the effect that they created. At noon, the beggars who aroused the least repugnance were to call at houses in carefully selected streets. Under such a policy, beggars had a relatively large social space, and established their own professional organizations. He finds that the techniques beggars used, people's view of them, their organizations, and government policies had no obvious differences in different cities. Here he chats to the hospital's porter and notes the beggars hanging around the gate. As the noon prayer concluded, he was besieged by a swarm of "the poor, beggars, and women" who were hoping for alms. He conversed with many ordinary people, including carmen, labourers, farmers, beggars, and paupers. Although beggars and rough-sleepers have become an all-too-familiar part of the urban landscape, we actually know very little about their characteristics, motivations and experiences. They puncture a few myths about 'aggressive' and 'work-shy' beggars, and use their research to inform some very deft and subtle theoretical observations. Such modern attitudes toward beggars were accompanied by the emphasis on voluntary initiatives as the proper way of dealing with poverty. The old expression, 'if wishes were horses, beggars would r ide', comes to mind. They could also, of course, have been full-time beggars from within or without the town, but this is discussed further below. The public do not want to see beggars on our street, many of whom can be aggressive and intimidating. He asked the sultan to i - chain the beggars and confiscate their proper ty and to hold discussions with the ulema. Such relief could not, it is argued, have discriminated between the genuine needy and the sturdy beggars who had mastered the timing of the anniversary calendars. At the beginning of the period, criminals were seen largely as ' members of social groups often on the fringe of ordinary society ' (p. 2) : vagrants, beggars, bandits, and the like. A significant proportion of them were young, male beggars who were feared capable of working sorcery as a rite of revenge against householders who rejected their pleas for alms. However, most of the research reported in that book is small scale and ethnographic and does not provide a systematic source of data on beggars or rough-sleepers. Positively, politicians of a country notoriously failing to achieve the criteria might be treated at international meetings if not like the pariah, then like poor beggars. From this book, we find that beggars not only begged on the street, but they also provided various performances and labor as a means of soliciting money or food. Showcasing some very original and interesting research, the authors present the experiences of participants in both sides of the 'begging encounter': beggars and members of the public approached by beggars. Many were realistic about the recruitment situation, "beggars can't be choosers", "we have to be flexible to retain staff ", and "better to keep them part-time than to lose them altogether". Well, if there were more horses and fewer beggars, maybe beggars would ride. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English An ideology called upon to serve the ordinary people took a form which today beggars the imagination. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English To suggest that members of the court are acting in a political role is so far from the truth that it beggars belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The most sensational announcement was about the 1,000 computer centres, which beggars belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the homeless and beggars commit real crimes they can be charged with real offences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The countries that may provide the purchases know that we have a balance of payments deficit of appalling proportions, and that beggars cannot be choosers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not want to be reduced to the level of beggars for something for which they have paid, probably all their lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are getting a lot of money; and beggars cannot be choosers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are the beggars, and they are being beggared by a region in this country—the colonial region of the south-east. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My third point was that it was one of our objectives to see that primary producers are not beggared by a glut. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The present situation simply makes beggars of honest men who have worked for 30 or 40 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, many of the great saints of history were beggars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The farmer and his political representatives have become the best beggars in the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In terms of preventive policing, it beggars belief that the police were unable to confiscate sealed containers and could only take opened containers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea that people would go through all that to travel south beggars belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No formal instructions are given to security staff for dealing with those sleeping rough in departmental doorways or beggars in the vicinity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Statistics are not kept on the numbers of letters concerning beggars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The callousness of those who carry out these and similar acts beggars description. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The argument that there could be issues of substance coming back from the other place beggars belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want for a moment to advocate the policy of subsidies, the policy of the beggar's cap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They come to us to-day, not as beggars to put their industry upon the dole, but as claimants for justice and fair treatment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They ought not to be treated as beggars for relief but as the reserves of industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Remember, above all, that the beggar's thanks is the beggar's curse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The number of reported incidents involving beggars in the immediate vicinity is nil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea that consultation should follow in the autumn clearly gets things the wrong way round and beggars belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are very small, but beggars cannot be choosers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea that once we have achieved that objective we can still conduct our own affairs and our own policies beggars belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On first impression it beggars the imagination that the conduct of soldiers under fire in combat should be equated with a war crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I accept all that, but it beggars belief that we cannot manage our way through what may happen without taking draconian powers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How they imagine lower interest rates would deter borrowing beggars belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The position beggars belief, and our farmers and beef producers do not understand how it came into being. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His parents beggared themselves, grew old before their time, striving with every nerve to clear and vindicate their son's name. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The homeless, like the beggars, are now the victims of that policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a policy that could be presented credibly to the markets as a policy of low inflation, that beggars belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How they can involve a charge of gerrymandering beggars belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we want money we want money, and we are not beggars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only are there beggars on the streets, but children are inadequately clothed and fed, and our housing is crumbling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When expenditure is on, then they are in the place of beggars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should we be beggars with the ballot in our hands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am aware that the needs of the territory are so vast that it almost beggars the imagination to think what should be done first. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Frankly, it beggars belief that so many more people have suddenly become invalids, especially at a time when the health of the population has improved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should we be beggars with the ballot in our hand? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What instructions are given either to the police or to social services departments with regard to such beggars? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The beggar's thanks is always the beggar's curse because nations, like people, do not like being dependent on charity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Crime has doubled, and the numbers of beggars in the streets and homeless people have increased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are encouraging a policy of sweeping beggars from the streets and zero tolerance to so-called "quality of life" crimes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proposals are a re-enactment of the old poor law which allowed parishes to send "sturdy beggars" on their way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were to protect people from the beggars coming into the town. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, there might well have been criminals and beggars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Having said that, there are not many beggars to be seen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are many who do not like the way in which beggars approach them and there are rules and laws in that respect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have no time for aggressive beggars, but it is interesting to learn how that particular one got there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are already laws to deal with aggressive beggars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The notion that the road should not be reopened beggars belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To suggest that we can find another 7,000 beggars belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why that had not been flagged up at the start of the process beggars belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We agree with everything that has been said about professional beggars: they can be dealt with in other ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even non-resident beggars could not risk being picked up by the watch for sleeping in the streets. Five were beggars because of moral failure: the rake, the gambler, the wastrel, the glutton and the brawler. Especially vagrant beggars were regarded as trouble-makers, spreading not only diseases but also dangerous rumours which could instigate an uprising. Again, the leaders of such actions were not sturdy beggars, vagrants or criminals. They were said to be dressed in various guises, as beggars and pilgrims.! Often the government's power was not sufficient to handle the affairs of beggars well. Basically, beggars organized themselves to seek security and justice and to enhance their ability to survive. The unpaid category consists of individuals in household work, people who are unemployed, students, beggars, elderly and retired people. Temples began to expel devadasis, making them beggars at their own gates. Then there were beggars and vagrants, who were unknown to the city's inhabitants and constantly on the move. They also provided transport, pushing the beggars who could not walk in carts. In every market there are winners, losers, buyers, sellers, and inevitably, beggars who are the downside of all economic systems of production and distribution. Equally, not all beggars were ostracised from society; citizens were encouraged to employ those who were skilled. 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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