impoverishing是什么意思？

impoverishing

• v. 使（某人）贫穷( impoverish的现在分词 )，使（某物）贫瘠或恶化；

例句

• It enriches those who receive , without impoverishing those who give. 它使获得者蒙益,施予者也无损失.
• Slowly the wasters and despoilers are impoverishing our land. 浪费者和掠夺者们在慢慢地糟蹋着我们的土地.

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