mendicancy

英['mendɪkənsɪ] 美['mendɪkənsɪ]
  • n. 乞丐生活;乞讨;托钵
  • mend vt.修理;修补;改进vi.改过自新;改进;痊愈n.修补;改进;修补处
  • mendable adj.可修好的;可改善的;可改正的
  • mendacity n.虚假;撒谎
  • mendelian adj.孟德尔的;孟德尔法则的n.孟德尔学派的人
  • mendelism n.孟德尔遗传学说
Noun:
  1. the state of being a beggar or mendicant;

    "they were reduced to mendicancy"

  2. a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)

1. They were reduced to mendicancy.
他们沦落成了乞丐.

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