汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 孤苦伶仃
孤苦伶仃
solitary and impoverished (idiom)
伶仃 Lonely, not dependent / Lonely and difficult, without dependence
形容孤独困苦,无依无靠。也作孤苦零丁。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我和你一样孤苦伶仃

I am as forlorn as thou.

她站在雨中,显得孤苦伶仃

She looked so forlorn, standing there in the rain.

留下他孤苦伶仃一个人,没人照顾。

He was left alone, with no one to look after him.

找人替你分忧,这样你才不会孤苦伶仃了。

Find someone to share your trouble with, so you will never be all alone.

为什么不看看你身边,一个无依无靠、孤苦伶仃的女人正等著你救助呢?

Why don't you look around? A friendless, helpless, and lonely woman is waiting for you to save her!

莫尔孤苦伶仃地伏在一个树桩上,竭力控制自己的情绪,因为他觉得它肯定会来的。

The Mole subsided forlornly on a tree-stump and tried to control himself, for he felt it surely coming.

她补充道:“想象一下,呆在救难所、铁笼里的动物,孤苦伶仃,所以在你收养它们前,一顿美食是它们最为渴望的!”

"I mean, imagine, an animal in a shelter, in a cage, lonely - a good meal is kinda all they have to look forward to, until you adopt them!" she added.

我们又怎么硬心地做瞅见年迈的父母失去儿女时老泪纵横的面庞,怎么硬心地做瞅见苍老的身躯因哀思而哆嗦,又怎么硬心地做瞅见无依无靠的老人孤苦伶仃呢?

How can we bear to see his elderly parents lost their sons and daughters of face when, how old bear to see the body because of the grief and trembling, how helpless elderly bear to see it lonely?