needy /ˈnidi/
(a.)貧窮的,貧困的,生活艱苦的
Need·y a. [Compar. Needier superl. Neediest.]
1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very poor; indigent; necessitous.
Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land. --Deut. xv. 11.
Spare the blushes of needy merit. --Dr. T. Dwight.
2. Necessary; requisite. [Obs.]
Corn to make your needy bread. --Shak.
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needy
adj : poor enough to need help from others [syn: destitute, impoverished,
indigent, necessitous, poverty-stricken]
[also: neediest, needier]