early 15c., from Old French destitution and directly from Latin destitutionem (nominative destitutio) "a forsaking, deserting," from destitutus, past participle of destituere (see destitute).
权威例句
1. The people lived in destitution.
民生凋敝.
2. His drinking led him to a life of destitution.
酗酒导致他生活贫穷。
3. He reach the excess of destitution from which he never rose again.
他走到了贫困的极端,从此一蹶不振.
4. In some regions the types of mental and physical destitution were without parallel.
在有些地区里,精神上和物质上的贫乏的情况是无法比拟的.
5. Ants will then be saved from destitution, for they'll have abundant supply.