homeless
homeless — 形容詞
1. having no place to live; not having a house, apartment, or other shelter to slee
無家可歸的
沒有固定住所的
having no place to live; not having a house, apartment, or other shelter to sleep in — for example, after losing your job, being forced to leave your home, or facing a natural disaster.
Aoi and her two children became homeless after the landlord sold the apartment.
Aoi 和她的兩個孩子在房東賣掉公寓後變得無家可歸。
became homeless — describes a change of circumstance
The shelter provides hot meals and beds for up to fifty homeless people each night.
這間收容所每晚為多達五十名無家可歸的人提供熱食和床鋪。
homeless people — adj + noun collocation for a person in that situation
After the earthquake, thousands of families were left homeless with nowhere to go.
地震過後，數千個家庭無家可歸，無處可去。
Zayd volunteers at a drop-in centre where homeless teenagers can do their homework.
Zayd 在一間中途中心當志工，那裡幫助無家可歸的青少年完成功課。
A homeless woman sat near the station entrance with her dog and a cardboard sign.
一名無家可歸的婦女帶著她的狗和一塊紙板標語坐在車站入口附近。
- housed
formal; having a place to live
常見錯誤
homeless — 名詞
1. people who have no permanent place to live, often because of poverty, unemployme
無家可歸者
沒有家的貧困人群
people who have no permanent place to live, often because of poverty, unemployment, or difficult personal circumstances — considered as a group in society.
The charity runs a van that delivers hot soup to the homeless during winter.
這間慈善機構用一台廂型車在冬天為街友送上熱湯。
to the homeless — typical prepositional phrase used with verbs of giving
Eleni's research looks at how the homeless face barriers to finding long-term housing.
Eleni 的研究探討街友在尋找長期住房時面臨哪些障礙。
the homeless — used as a collective plural noun
The new law gives the homeless the right to access public bathrooms and showers.
這項新法律賦予街友使用公共廁所和淋浴間的權利。
Local shops donate unsold bread and fruit to the homeless each evening.
當地店家每天晚上把賣不完的麵包和水果捐給街友。
- unhoused people
alternative phrasing preferred in some advocacy contexts; views the situation as a result of housing policy rather than personal failing
- rough sleepers
British English; specifically refers to people sleeping outdoors on streets rather than those staying in temporary shelters
- housed population
formal; people who have permanent homes
文法句型
the + homeless (as a group)
用法筆記
Always used with 'the' (the homeless) to refer to a collective group. This form is plural — it means 'homeless people' as a whole. It cannot be used as a singular countable noun (❌ 'a homeless'). To refer to one individual, say 'a homeless person'.