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单词 needy
释义
needy
adjective
uk
/ˈniː.di/us
/ˈniː.di/
poorand not having enoughfood,clothes, etc.:
贫穷的，缺乏生活必需品的
Theproceedsfrom thesalego tohelpneedypeoplein thearea.此次义卖的收入用来帮助该地区的穷人。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not having much or enough money
  • poorHer family was poor and didn't own a computer.
  • pennilessAt the time, I was a penniless student.
  • impoverishedBenefits should be targeted at the most impoverished families.
  • disadvantagedThe scheme was set up to help disadvantaged children.
  • deprivedDeprived areas will be hardest hit by the cuts.
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wantingtoo muchattentionandlove:
需要过多关怀的
Sybil was veryinsecureand needy.西比尔很没有安全感，很需要别人的关怀。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lacking things
  • bankrupt
  • bankruptcy
  • be hard up (forsomething)idiom
  • bereft
  • catch
  • cry out forsomething
  • demand
  • hole
  • lack
  • lacking
  • minus
  • need
  • needsomethinglike you need a hole in the headidiom
  • needful
  • shy
  • taken
  • unaccompanied
  • unappeased
  • unassuaged
  • unmet
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Feelings - general words
needy
noun[plural]
uk
/ˈniː.di/us
/ˈniː.di/
the needy
poorpeople:
穷人
Let usprayfor those who are not sofortunateas ourselves - thesick, theold, and the needy.让我们为那些比我们不幸的病弱者、老人和穷人祈祷吧。
(Definition ofneedyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

needy| American Dictionary

needy
adjective
us
/ˈnid·i/
verypoor:
There are many needypeopleinourarea.
(Definition ofneedyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofneedy

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The neediest refugees were also entitled to medicine and free medical care.
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Local officials combed the countryside to inscribe the neediest on the departmental pension rolls.
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Also, discarding the clients with fewer needs makes only a very small saving that can be redistributed to other, needier, clients.
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Moreover, such a child is likely to be more emotionally vulnerable and needier than an average child, and therefore puts very high demands on caregivers.
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A human rights approach focuses on the neediest population, at a global scale, in order to respond efficiently to the most challenging development problems.
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If the older person's life will have been going badly enough to be worse overall than the younger person's life, then she is needier than the younger person.
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He also provided a great deal of material assistance to the poor andneedy.
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The actual number of the supportedneedymay thus perhaps be doubled.
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Especially in urban environments, the poorest families usually lacked the necessary material resources to take inneedyrelatives.
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The ethical priority for this process is to determine who is the mostneedy.
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The same was true, if to a lesser extent, ofneedyelderly people who had children but lacked a partner.
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The most assertively discontented and mobilized regions received larger benefits than their more docile - though arguably more 'needy' or 'deserving' - neighbours.
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Alongside humanitarian work for the mostneedy, the organisation also runs projects directed towards socially more stable and well-established groups.
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Means-tested benefits are targeted to a limited clientele of theneedy, and social insurance schemes provide modest benefits.
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The reasoning was that, although most families that sought welfare wereneedyenough to qualify, few had exhausted other possibilities for income.
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