beggar

英 [ˈbeɡ.ər]      美 [ˈbeɡ.ɚ]
  • n. 乞丐;穷人;家伙
  • vt. 使贫穷;使沦为乞丐
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将“beggar”与“beg”的发音联系起来,想象一个“b”开头的“gear”(齿轮)因为缺少了关键部件(“g”),不得不在街上“beg”求助于人,从而形成一个形象的记忆点。这样,“beggar”就与一个流浪者或乞丐的形象相联系,便于记忆。

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beggar (n.)
c. 1200, from Old French begart, originally a member of the Beghards, lay brothers of mendicants in the Low Countries, from Middle Dutch beggaert "mendicant," of uncertain origin, with pejorative suffix (see -ard). Compare Beguine. Early folk etymology connected the English word with bag. Form with -ar attested from 14c., but begger was more usual 15c.-17c. The feminine form beggestere is attested as a surname from c. 1300. Beggar's velvet was an old name for "dust bunnies." "Beggers should be no choosers" is in Heywood (1562).
beggar (v.)
"reduce to poverty," mid-15c., from beggar (n.). Related: Beggared; beggaring. Figurative use by 1640s.
1. He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry.
他警告说解除版权限制会使这个行业一贫如洗。
2. He's a sly old beggar if ever there was one.
他确确实实是个老奸巨猾的家伙。
3. The statistics beggar belief.
统计数据让人难以置信。
4. Aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar?
你这个懒汉还没穿好衣服吗?
5. The beggar begged from the rich but they refused.
那个乞丐向富人们乞讨,但遭到了拒绝.