英語單詞

homeless是什麽意思

homeless

英 ['həʊmlɪs] 美 ['homləs]
  • adj. 無家可歸的
  • 無家可歸的人
  • 無家可歸

英文詞源


homeless (adj.)
1610s, from home (n.) + -less. Old English had hamleas, but the modern word probably is a new formation. As a noun meaning "homeless persons," by 1857.

雙語例句


1. The company put on a play about the homeless.
這家劇團上演了一出講述無家可歸者的戲。

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2. There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless.
您知道,會有那麽一些人,因為命運捉弄而落得無家可歸。

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3. He's not exactly homeless, he just hangs out in this park.
確切來說他並不算是無家可歸,他隻是老在這個公園裏轉悠。

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4. They'd soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn't find suitable work.
她要找不到合適的工作,他們很快就會身無分文,無家可歸。

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5. For the homeless, private medical care is simply out of the question.
對於無家可歸的人而言,私人醫療純粹是天方夜譚。

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