needy

英 [ˈniːdi]

美 [ˈniːdi]

adj.  缺乏生活必需品的; 贫困的; 穷困的人; 缺乏自信的; 需要精神支持的

最高级：neediest　

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牛津词典

adj.

• 缺乏生活必需品的；贫困的
  not having enough money, food, clothes, etc.
• 穷困的人
  people who do not have enough money, food, etc.
• 缺乏自信的；需要精神支持的
  not confident, and needing a lot of love and emotional support from other people

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 贫苦的;穷困的
  Needypeople do not have enough food, medicine, or clothing, or adequate houses.
  1. ...a multinational force aimed at ensuring that food and medicine get to needy Somalis.
     旨在确保将食物和药品送至贫困的索马里民众手中的多国部队
  2. The needyare people who are needy.
     贫困者;穷人
  3. There will be efforts to get larger amounts of food to the needy.
     将努力为贫困者筹措更多的食品。

英英释义

noun

• needy people collectively
  1. they try to help the needy

adj

• demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree
• poor enough to need help from others
  Synonym:destituteimpoverishedindigentnecessitouspoverty-stricken

双语例句

• Hiring managers want to know why, of all the needy, worthy candidates, they should hire you.
  招聘经理想知道原因，在所有需求的、有价值的候选人中，他们应该雇用你。
• Fundraisers play a very important role for the society because they can get money to help needy people.
  筹款活动为社会扮演了很重要的角色，因为它们能获得金钱去协助需要的人。
• Yet I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me.
  但我是困苦穷乏的，主仍顾念我。
• We continue to retrain workers to become more employable, and to support needy families through many assistance programmes.
  我们也继续重新培训员工，以提高他们的受雇能力。我们还实施了多项援助贫困家庭的措施。
• Let's form an association to help the needy children.
  我们成立一个协会帮助贫困儿童吧！
• Health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program.
  为贫困者提供的健康保险；联邦和政府支助的项目。
• Needy families can get national subsidies via food stamps.
  困难家庭可以凭食品券得到国家的补助。
• Do you feel okay that I gave your money to our younger sister and the needy?
  我可不可以把你的钱送给妹妹和穷人呢？
• Although he was poor, he was quite generous to his needy friends.
  他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
• Then they said it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy, that I was culturally deprived.
  后来他们说认为我自己缺乏生活日用品太自馁了，我是丧失了受教育的机会。