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

• The aged and needy postmaster, who had seen better days;
  有上了年纪的贫苦的邮政局局长，他曾经是过过好日子的；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Needy and handicapped people depend on government relief for their support.
  穷人和残疾人依靠政府的救济维持生计。
• Charity groups and religious organizations will also be busy this Thursday, serving Thanksgiving meals to the needy.
  这个周四也是慈善机构和宗教组织忙碌的日子，他们要为有需要者提供感恩节的食物。
• My uncle carpenter a table and a few stool for his needy neighbor.
  我叔父给他穷困的邻居做了一张桌子和几只凳子。
• A trip to a needy country to spread supplies, love, and faith.
  一场爱和信念的邻国的旅行。
• 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”。
• 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。