be penniless; be cleaned out; not have a feather to fly with; not have a bean; not have a shilling [penny] in the world; not a shot in the locker; without a penny to one's name
不名一文 having not a single copper; not a penny to bless oneself with (to one's name); penniless; stonebroke; without a penny to one's name
一文不化 not to pay a single cent; without spending a cent
一文不值 not to be worth a hair [farthing; stiver; penny; groat; fillip; fig]; not worth a cent; not worth the paper on which it is written; of no use whatsoever; worthless
“ certainly an impecunious subaltern was not a catch ” ( rudyard kipling ) “一文不名的陆军中尉当然不值得去俘获” (鲁边亚德?基辅林) 。
She declines to become his mistress , preferring to choose a path that leaves her penniless but not morally bankrupt 她拒绝成为罗先生的情妇?宁愿一文不名?也不愿道德破产。
I wouldn t ask you , only , pursued he , on my solemn oath and god knows i m on the rocks “我并不想向你告帮, ”他继续说下去, “但我庄严地发誓,天主晓得我身上一文不名啦。 ”
My life has also changed in that i live in canada , instead of the united states 我从前是一个一文不名的大学学生,现在已经可以自己经济独立了,并且现在我住在加拿大,而不是美国。
17 " i suppose that is why he came to me when he went broke , that and the fact that he was a namesake of mine “大概就是因为这个,当他落得一文不名的时候,就来找我了,再说他和我同姓。
She was a work - seeker , an outcast without employment , one whom the average employee could tell at a glance was poor and in need of a situation 她是个求职者,一个无业游民,店员们差不多一眼就可看出她,一文不名,急需就业。
It would depend on how thy ere loaded and whether there were women in the car because the blind man smelled plenty strong and especially in winter 我想大概就是因为这个原因,再加上我们又同姓,所以当他一文不名的时候会来找我求助。
Many gamblers impoverish themselves here , and it is no coincidence that numerous pawn brokers have set up shop in the streets around the hotel lisboa 很多赌徒在这里变得一文不名,而众多的典当经纪人在里斯本旅馆附近的大街上建立起自己的商店。
She had been the lovely regina dallas , a penniless beauty introduced to new york society by her cousin , the imprudent medora manson 她从前叫丽贾娜?达拉斯。虽然一文不名,却是个美人儿,经她的表姐,轻佻的梅朵拉?曼森的介绍,进入了纽约的社交界。