impoverished是什么意思？

impoverished

英[ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt] 美[ɪmˈpɑvərɪʃt]

• adj. 穷困的，无力的，用尽了的；
• v. 使（某人）贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 )，使（某物）贫瘠或恶化；

例句

• Money and food were sent to the impoverished drought victims. 给贫困的灾民送去了救济金和粮食.
• They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗.
• the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
• The impoverished population is shrinking substantially and the impoverishment rate is decreasing sharply. 贫困人口大幅度减少,贫困发生率大幅度下降.
• She loathed being the child of impoverished labourers. 她憎恨自己是贫困工人的孩子。
• ...a society impoverished by wartime inflation. 因战时通货膨胀导致贫困的社会
• The division between the prosperous west and the impoverished east remains. 繁荣的西部和贫穷的东部之间的差距仍然存在。

英语六级真题

But we would be equally impoverished (贫困的) without humanistic knowledge as well.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使贫困;使赤贫
  Something that impoverishes a person or a country makes them poor.
  例句
  We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy. 我们需要减轻导致经济困顿的税收负荷。 ...a society impoverished by wartime inflation. 因战时通货膨胀导致贫困的社会
• VERB
  使贫瘠;使枯竭
  A person or thing that impoverishes something makes it worse in quality.
  例句
  ...plants that impoverish the soil quickly. 使土壤迅速贫瘠的植物

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. poor enough to need help from others
  2. destroyed financially;
  "the broken fortunes of the family"