beggar
noun [ C ] uk/ˈbeɡ.ər/ us/ˈbeɡ.ɚ/
乞丐,叫花子
a poor person who lives by asking others for money or food
UK informal家伙
a person, especially when you are expressing an opinion about something that they have done, or that has happened to them
You've won again, you lucky beggar. 你又赢了,你这个幸运的家伙!
Those children have been running about in my rose garden again, the little beggars (= annoying people)! 那些孩子又在我的玫瑰园里到处乱跑,真是些淘气的小家伙!
Idiom
beggars can't be choosersidiom saying 要饭的哪能挑肥拣瘦;别无选择
said when you recognize that you must accept an offer or a situation because it is the only one available to you
I would have preferred a house of my own rather than sharing, but beggars can't be choosers, I suppose. 我更愿意独住而不是与人合住,可是我哪能挑三拣四的,是吧。
beggar
verb [ T ] literary uk/ˈbeɡ.ər/ us/ˈbeɡ.ɚ/
使(人或组织等)极度贫穷
to make a person or organization, etc. extremely poor
Idiom
beggar belief/descriptionidiom 非言语所能形容;难以置信
to be impossible to believe or describe
His cruelty beggared belief/description. 他凶残至极,简直令人难以形容。