penniless
Lacking even the smallest amount of moneyLacking even the smallest amount of money.
» I was penniless when I arrived in Boston.
В Бостон я прибыл без гроша в кармане.
Значение
значений: 2(переносно, без степеней сравнения)Lacking even the smallest amount of money.
In societies without national insurance of any kind, almshouses are the last refuge of penniless people.
(без степеней сравнения)Of a country's system of money, abstaining from the use of penny coins, despite having fully decimalized currency, by means of rounding of cash transactions (but not necessarily of cashless ones).
Canada became a penniless country in 2013 simply by rounding its cash transactions to the nearest nickel but otherwise not changing anything.
mittellos, ohne Geld, ohne einen Pfennig
безде́нежныйbezdénežnyj, без гроша́bez grošá, без копе́йкиbez kopéjki
безгрошови́йbezhrošovýj, без гро́шейbez hróšej
- not having enough money to pay for necessities
Примеры
предложений: 21I was penniless when I arrived in Boston.
В Бостон я прибыл без гроша в кармане. — Ooneykcall
Tom is penniless.
У Тома ни гроша за душой. — odexed
I was penniless.
У меня не было ни копейки. — Wezel
ukЯ була без копійки у кишені. — deniko
His failure in business left him penniless.
deSein Versagen im Geschäftlichen machte ihn völlig mittellos. — Trinkschokolade
The problem is that he is penniless.
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 1
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Происхождение
From Middle English penyles, penylees; equivalent to penny + -less. Compare Old Norse pennFrom Middle English penyles, penylees; equivalent to penny + -less. Compare Old Norse penningalauss (“penniless”).
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Синонимы
синонимов: 58- not having enough money to pay for necessities:hard upimpecuniousin straitened circumstancespenuriouspinched