indigent
adjective
formaluk/ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒənt/us/ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒənt/verypoor
十分贫困的，十分贫穷的Synonyms
destitute
impoverishedformal
needy
poverty-stricken
| 单词 | indigent |
| 释义 | indigent adjective formaluk/ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒənt/us/ˈɪn.dɪ.dʒənt/verypoor 十分贫困的，十分贫穷的Synonyms destitute impoverishedformal needy poverty-stricken indigent| American Dictionaryindigent adjective[not gradable] fmlus/ˈɪn·dɪ·dʒənt/having nomoneyor anythingelseofvalue: an indigentfamily indigent| Business Englishindigent adjective formaluk/ˈɪndɪdʒənt/usverypoor: We are anon-profitagencythatprovideslegalservicesto indigentclients. Examplesofindigentindigent If they areindigent, vulnerable, and ignorant, they are likely to be antecedently superstitious. From theCambridge English Corpus The patient has an acute medical problem and is indeedindigent. From theCambridge English Corpus This omission may have just reflected a personal inability to identify with theindigent. From theCambridge English Corpus The hospital has as its major missions the education of health professionals and caring for theindigentpopulation of its area. From theCambridge English Corpus Solving uncompensated hospital care: targeting theindigentand the uninsured. From theCambridge English Corpus To ensure a representative sample, couples were recruited from birthing classes at hospitals servingindigentpopulations as well as those serving middle class families. From theCambridge English Corpus As has timelessly characterised debates about the causes of vagrancy andindigentpoverty, commentators tend to favour either ' structural' or 'behavioural ' explanations (and strongly disagree). From theCambridge English Corpus The common law made children responsible for maintaining aged andindigentparents. From theCambridge English Corpus A patient has arrived at a medical institution that has an avowed mission of caring for the medicallyindigent. From theCambridge English Corpus The little they possess they freely distribute among the necessitous, without any other motive than that of pure compassion for theindigent. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, healthcare organizations are expected to provide patient care, and in some communities provide it to the whole community, including theindigent. From theCambridge English Corpus In addition, there was talk of assisting the elderlyindigent(what utimately came to be known as the 1905 law). From theCambridge English Corpus To give an example, let us say the state is interested in protecting the economic interests ofindigentpeople. From theCambridge English Corpus The latter were already condemned in 1739 as morally corrupt, vain petty potentates who squandered what little credit and resources they possessed onindigentluxury. From theCambridge English Corpus Hoover felt the same way about provision of direct relief to theindigent. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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