needier adj. 贫困的;贫穷的;生活艰苦的 (needy的变形)
- Even state-owned industrial groups, which borrow cheaply from China’s banks, have set up financing arms, passing on that credit at higher rates to needier businesses.
甚至是国有企业,他们可以从银行以低利率贷出资金,也建立了融资部门,把资金以更高的利率转借给更需要钱的商人。 - Government expenditure in coastal areas has historically grown at a similar pace to that elsewhere, but the infrastructure-heavy stimulus has been skewed towards needier inland provinces.
尽管政府在沿海地区的投入历史性地与其他地区持平,但侧重基础设施的经济刺激计划,还是向较贫困的内陆省份倾斜。 - But scientists have the tools to engineer crops that can benefit far needier populations.
但科学家们有办法研制出造福更多民众的作物。
Needy \Need"y\, a. [Compar. {Needier}; superl. {Neediest}.]
1. Distressed by want of the means of living; very poor;
indigent; necessitous.
Thou shalt open thy hand wide unto thy brother, to
thy poor, and to thy needy in thy land. --Deut. xv.
11.
Spare the blushes of needy merit. --Dr. T.
Dwight.
2. Necessary; requisite. [Obs.]
Corn to make your needy bread. --Shak.