1·They'd soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn't find suitable work.
如果她找不到合适的工作，他们很快就会身无分文、无家可归。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Because of her medical and her legal bills, she is now penniless and deeply in debt.
由于医疗费和律师费，她现在身无分文，深陷负债。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·Food was provided for penniless but hungry travelers at the two or three daily feed-ins.
每天举行两三次施舍，为身无分文的饥饿行人供应食物。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
4·My first serious love affair was with a penniless classical guitarist who lived in a garret in Islington.
我第一次认真的恋情是和一个身无分文的古典吉他手，他住在伊斯灵顿的小阁楼上。
5·A STRANGE shy man with a cultured voice but almost penniless stepped ashore in Melbourne in 1934 and unrolled some drawings tied up in a singlet.
1934年的墨尔本，一个腼腆的陌生男人从海边踏上陆地；他声音里透着修养，却几乎身无分文。
1·As generally happens in such cases, the moment he was penniless he found that he was friendless too.
接下来像大多数这类故事的情节一样，在一文不名的时候，他发现连朋友也没有了。
2·There was never enough help for her, and the arrival of her son Jack, out of work and dressed in rags, and a daughter she scarcely knew, pregnant and penniless, made things desperate.
她总是困顿窘迫、需要帮助，儿女的投奔更把她推向绝望的境地，失业的儿子杰克衣衫褴褛，陌生的女儿怀着身孕、一文不名。
3·The penniless author successfully wooed and married Fanny.
这位一文不名的作家向范妮求爱成功，和她结了婚。
1·He was an old emigre gentleman, blind and penniless, who was playing his flute in his attic, in order to pass the time.
那是一个年老的流亡贵族，又瞎又穷，待在他那间顶楼上，吹着笛子来解解闷的。
2·misers fear becoming penniless and have trouble enjoying the benefits of their money
担心变穷，为享受其金钱的益处而烦恼