n.窮困；缺乏

His drinking led him to a life of destitution. 酗酒導(dǎo)致他生活貧窮。

The few packages of food seemed a mockery in the face of such enormous destitution. 對于眾多赤貧的人們,這幾袋食物簡直是杯水車薪。

In China, physical education in the western regions lags behind that in the east, which mainly is a destitution of an innovation of sports culture. 我國西部體育落后于東部地區(qū)，從根本上說，是缺乏體育文化創(chuàng)新。