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beggar

noun
/ˈbeɡə(r)/
/ˈbeɡər/
 Idioms
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  1. a person who lives by asking people for money or food乞丐；叫花子
    • beggars sleeping on the pavement睡在人行道上的乞丐
    Topics Social issuesb2, Moneyb2
  2. (British English, informal) used with an adjective to describe somebody in a particular way（与形容词连用）家伙
    • Aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar?你这个懒虫还没穿好衣服吗？
    3. Word OriginMiddle English: from beg + -ar.
Idioms
beggars can’t be choosers
  1. (saying) people say beggars can’t be choosers when there is no choice and somebody must be satisfied with what is available要饭就不能嫌馊；给什么就得要什么Topics Preferences and decisionsc2
if wishes were horses, beggars would/might ride
  1. (saying) wishing for something does not make it happen想有不见得就有；愿望不等于事实

beggar

verb
/ˈbeɡə(r)/
/ˈbeɡər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they beggar
/ˈbeɡə(r)/
/ˈbeɡər/
he / she / it beggars
/ˈbeɡəz/
/ˈbeɡərz/
past simple beggared
/ˈbeɡəd/
/ˈbeɡərd/
past participle beggared
/ˈbeɡəd/
/ˈbeɡərd/
-ing form beggaring
/ˈbeɡərɪŋ/
/ˈbeɡərɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. beggar somebody/something/yourself to make somebody/something very poor使贫穷；使匮乏
    • Why should I beggar myself for you?我为什么要为你受穷？
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBeggar is used with these nouns as the object:
    • belief
    • description
    See full entry
    Word OriginMiddle English: from beg + -ar.
Idioms
beggar belief/description
  1. to be too extreme, horrible, etc. to believe/describe难以相信；无法形容
    • It beggars belief how things could have got this bad.真是难以置信，情况怎么会恶化到这种地步。

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