The legal dispute left them penniless.

这场法律纠纷使他们一贫如洗。

He found himself penniless in a strange city.

他发现自己在一的城市而且身无分文。

Jobless and penniless, he had to sleep rough in the fields for several months.

他既无工作又无钱, 只好在野外露宿数月。

He lived well, helping the poor, and all other people; he died penniless and unknown.

他前讲道德, 总是帮助穷人以及所有的人; 后来却一文不名, 默默无闻。

He died penniless in Paris.

他在巴黎， 一文不名。

In the novels of the period the dilemma was felicitously solved by the discovery, on the last page, that the apparently penniless heroine was really a great heiress .

在当时的小说里，这一难题常常由最后一页的重大发现得以圆满解决：原先一文不名的女主人摇身一变，成巨额财富的继承人。