impoverishment

/im-pov-er-ish, -pov-rish/US // ɪmˈpɒv ər ɪʃ, -ˈpɒv rɪʃ //UK // (ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ) //

贫穷化,贫困化,贫化,穷困潦倒

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- : to make poor in quality, productiveness, etc.; exhaust the strength or richness of: Bad farming practices impoverished the soil.

nounpoverty

Synonyms

Just a gradual, bearable, steady impoverishment in a world where savings linked to the value of paper money languish.
In the Gaza Strip, the degree of impoverishment and human suffering is dispiriting.
There are frequent complaints of the “impoverishment” of the companies through the indiscriminate admittance of “foreigners.”
With lack of employment and with impoverishment, debt and discontent appeared as the visible evidences of the bad condition.
The impoverishment of nobles by the Crusades laid the foundation of this middle class, at least in large towns.
It has been said that “it was in the 15th century that the great impoverishment of the crown estate began.”
At least that could be assumed to be the reason for McAllen's impoverishment, which was a matter Barney had established.

/im-pov-er-ish, -pov-rish/US // ɪmˈpɒv ər ɪʃ, -ˈpɒv rɪʃ //UK // (ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ) //

贫穷化,贫困化,贫化,穷困潦倒

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- : to make poor in quality, productiveness, etc.; exhaust the strength or richness of: Bad farming practices impoverished the soil.

nounpoverty

Synonyms

Just a gradual, bearable, steady impoverishment in a world where savings linked to the value of paper money languish.
In the Gaza Strip, the degree of impoverishment and human suffering is dispiriting.
There are frequent complaints of the “impoverishment” of the companies through the indiscriminate admittance of “foreigners.”
With lack of employment and with impoverishment, debt and discontent appeared as the visible evidences of the bad condition.
The impoverishment of nobles by the Crusades laid the foundation of this middle class, at least in large towns.
It has been said that “it was in the 15th century that the great impoverishment of the crown estate began.”
At least that could be assumed to be the reason for McAllen's impoverishment, which was a matter Barney had established.