destitution

名词 destitution:

1. a state without friends or money or prospects

1. The few packages of food seemed a mockery in the face of such enormous destitution.
   对于众多赤贫的人们，这几袋食物简直是杯水车薪
2. Extreme want or poverty; destitution.
   拮据极度缺乏或贫穷; 贫困

des.ti.tu.tion

n.（名词）
Extreme want of resources or the means of subsistence; complete poverty.
赤贫：十分缺乏生存的资源或手段；完全的贫困
A deprivation or lack; a deficiency.
缺乏；不足