beggar
beggar
noun
beggar belief (或 description)
noun
- a person, typically a homeless one, who lives by asking for money or food
（尤指无家可归的）乞丐，叫花子 - [with adj.](informal)a person of a specified type, especially one to be envied or pitied
(非正式)（尤指令人羡慕或怜悯的）家伙
poor little beggars.
可怜的小家伙。
- [with obj.]reduce (someone) to poverty
使贫穷
why should I beggar myself for you?.
我为什么要因你而穷困潦倒呢？。
beggar belief (或 description)
- be too extraordinary to be believed or described
（因十分异乎寻常而令人）难以置信（或难以形容）
- (proverb)people with no other options must be content with what is offered
(谚)要饭的哪能挑肥拣瘦；没有选择权就只好满足于能得到的东西
- (proverb)someone unaccustomed to power or luxury will abuse or be corrupted by it
(谚)长期掌权者必滥用权力；习惯于奢靡生活者必腐化
- Middle English : from beg + -ar
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