1. 乞丐;叫花子 A beggar is someone who lives by asking people for money or food.
2. 使極度貧窮;使一貧如洗 If something beggars a person, country, or organization, it makes them very poor.
e.g. He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry. 他警告說(shuō)解除版權限制會(huì )使這個(gè)行業(yè)一貧如洗。
3. 無(wú)法,難以(相信、描述、形容等) If something beggars belief, it is impossible to believe it. If something beggars description, it is impossible to describe it.
e.g. The statistics beggar belief... 統計數據讓人難以置信。 e.g. His courage beggars description. 他的膽量無(wú)法用語(yǔ)言來(lái)形容。