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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
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    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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