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【成语释义】 穷得像用水洗过似的，什么都没有。形容十分贫穷。 【参考英译】 poverty-stricken Those beggars are poverty-stricken. 那些乞丐一贫如洗。 poverty-stricken用作形容词，意为ldquo;非常贫穷的，一贫如洗rdquo;。 poverty(贫穷) + stricken(受打击的) mdash;gt;gt; poverty-stricken(一贫如洗) as poor as a church mousenbsp; He was as poor as a church mouse then. 那时他一贫如洗。 教堂是教徒们进行宗教活动的地方，没有人在这里吃东西，自然也不会有食品橱。所以老鼠想在教堂里找吃的东西，根本是枉费心机。连吃的东西都没有，教堂里的老鼠当然是非常穷的。所以，(as) poor as a church mouse 意思就是ldquo;穷得像教堂里的老鼠;一贫如洗rdquo;。 dire poverty she had been oppressed by dire poverty. 她过去一贫如洗。 dire意为ldquo;极端的，严重的rdquo;，dire poverty可理解为ldquo;极端的贫困，赤贫，一贫如洗rdquo;。dire与fire词形非常接近，同学们不妨联想记忆为：火势(fire)蔓延，后果很严重(dire)! destitutionnbsp; His drinking led him to a life of destitution.nbsp; | 
