penniless

形容词 penniless:

1. not having enough money to pay for necessities
   同义词：hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penurious, pinched

1. Jobless and penniless, Tom had to sleep rough in the fields for several months.
   汤姆没有工作，身无分文，不得不在野外露宿了几个月。
2. At the age of thirteen, Tom was left penniless by the death of his father, so he had his own way to make.
   在13岁时汤姆的父亲死了，没留分文给他，所以，他得自食其力。
3. My firm in Hongkong went bankrupt and left me penniless, and I could only get home by working my ticket.
   我在香港开设的商行破产了，落得个身无分文，只得靠在船上做工抵偿船费才回到家乡。
4. Helen's mother disapproved of Tom and said that she had no wish to chuck her daughter away on such a penniless person.
   海伦的母亲不赞成汤姆并且说她决不想把女儿嫁给一个像他这样的穷光蛋。

pen.ni.less

adj.（形容词）
Entirely without money.
身无分文的
Very poor.See Synonyms at poor
一贫如洗的参见 poor

【引伸】
pen.nilessly
adv.（副词）
pen.nilessness
n.（名词）