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beggar

/ˈbɛɡər/B2

使窮困 / 使赤貧 (v.)

熟詞生義。大家熟悉名詞「乞丐」,但這裡用作動詞,表示「使……變得一貧如洗」。常見搭配還有 `beggar belief`(令人無法置信)。

in the Stepstones, Your Grace.
If those shipping lanes should fall, it will beggar our ports.
The crown has heard your report, Lord Corlys,
beggar — HOUSE OF THE DRAGON S01E01 · ReelWord