| 单词 | beggarly |
| 释义 | beggarly adjective literaryuk/ˈbeɡ.ə.li/us/ˈbeɡ.ɚ.li/smallinamountand not at allgenerous: 少量的；贫乏的Thecouncilvotedto give the newprojecta beggarlyamountofmoney.委员会投票拨给这个新项目少量的资金。 like abeggarinappearance, way oflife, etc.: 乞丐般的；赤贫的apoorand beggarlypeople一个赤贫的、乞丐般的民族 Small in number and quantity
Examplesofbeggarlybeggarly I bid her take herself, and herbeggarlypride out of my house directly. From theCambridge English Corpus Until recently they have been paid a verybeggarlypittance for the work they do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should the stage on which there would be a wider scope for discussion be reduced to onebeggarlyday? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Despite the savage and devastating closures no one can deny that we have become abeggarlyking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We tried to bring in some higher education beyond thebeggarlyelements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Well, thatbeggarlypolicy is thrown over here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At such a time we get thisbeggarlything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Can they refuse to give these men a definite assurance that their pensions will be continued for more than just thebeggarlyperiod of five years? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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 onbeggarlypensions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was banded into great political organisations, and,beggarlyas 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The lands were confiscated; the buildings were sold forbeggarlysums, and often forbeggarlypurposes. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Yourbeggarlylife will be the envy of kings! From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Beggarlyalways 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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