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homeless

英 ['həʊmlɪs] 美 ['homləs]

解释

adj. 无家可归的
无家可归的人
无家可归

※ 提供单词"homeless"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. The company put on a play about the homeless.: 这家剧团上演了一出讲述无家可归者的戏。

2. There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless.: 您知道，会有那么一些人，因为命运捉弄而落得无家可归。

3. He's not exactly homeless, he just hangs out in this park.: 确切来说他并不算是无家可归，他只是老在这个公园里转悠。

4. They'd soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn't find suitable work.: 她要找不到合适的工作，他们很快就会身无分文，无家可归。

5. For the homeless, private medical care is simply out of the question.: 对于无家可归的人而言，私人医疗纯粹是天方夜谭。