homeless

英 ['h??ml?s] 美['homl?s]
  • adj. 無(wú)家可歸的
  • 無(wú)家可歸的人
  • 無(wú)家可歸

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詞態(tài)變化


名詞:?homelessness;

英文詞源


homeless (adj.)
1610s, from home (n.) + -less. Old English had hamleas, but the modern word probably is a new formation. As a noun meaning "homeless persons," by 1857.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. The company put on a play about the homeless.
這家劇團(tuán)上演了一出講述無(wú)家可歸者的戲。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless.
您知道,會(huì)有那么一些人,因?yàn)槊\(yùn)捉弄而落得無(wú)家可歸。

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3. He's not exactly homeless, he just hangs out in this park.
確切來(lái)說(shuō)他并不算是無(wú)家可歸,他只是老在這個(gè)公園里轉(zhuǎn)悠。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. They'd soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn't find suitable work.
她要找不到合適的工作,他們很快就會(huì)身無(wú)分文,無(wú)家可歸。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

5. For the homeless, private medical care is simply out of the question.
對(duì)于無(wú)家可歸的人而言,私人醫(yī)療純粹是天方夜譚。

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