adj. 贫困的；贫穷的；生活艰苦的 (needy的变形)

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.