indigent

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person in need, or in poverty.
    — I liked the streets best, so I walked and stared, and slept in a Salvation Army hostel for indigents. But I was no indigent; I was rich in feeling, and that was a luxury I had rarely known.
形容词 adj.
  1. Poor; destitute; in need.
    — Many of the indigent children are so badly provided for by their parents, with both food and raiment, that they cannot attend school regularly; […]
  2. Utterly lacking or in need of something specified. archaic
    — Again some Bodies dissolve both in Fire and Water, as Gums; &c. And these are such, as have both Plenty of Spirit; and their tangible Parts indigent of Moisture: the former promotes the Dilatation of the Spirits by the Fire and the latter stimulates the Parts to receive the Liquor.

词形变化

more indigent comparative most indigent superlative indigents plural

词汇关系

衍生词
indigently nonindigent unindigent
相关词
indigence indigency

词源

词源 1
From Middle English indigent, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egeō (“to be in need, want”).
词源 2
From Middle English indigent, from Old French indigent, from Latin indigēns, present participle of indigeō (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egeō (“to be in need, want”).
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