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

• 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。
• 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。
• The plan is to use more than half the savings to provide more federal Pell Grants to needy students.
  该计划将用节约下来的半数以上的资金为贫困学生提供更多的联邦“佩尔奖学金”。
• 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。
• This involved the expectation of his imminent return and fellowship expressed by material support of the needy.
  这包含了对他（耶稣）即将重返的期待和以穷人的物质支持来表达的伙伴关系。
• 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。
• He afforded a temporary shelter for the needy.
  他为穷人提供暂时的安身之处。
• So how to focus limited resources to benefit only needy communities?
  那么，怎样才能集中有限的资源让它只惠及最贫困的社区？
• They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.
  因他们为银子卖了义人，为一双鞋卖了穷人。