impoverish
美音:[ım´pɔvrıʃ
]
英音:[ım´pɔvrıʃ
]
vt.使贫穷,使枯竭
难易程度:
impoverish为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:impoverishment 动词过去式:impoverished 过去分词:impoverished 现在分词:impoverishing 第三人称单数:impoverishes
词根
in-=in,into,on 变化型 il-,im-,ir-
近义词, 同义词
spend expend use consume swallow up exhaust impoverish spill drain empty disperse cast away throw away fritter away waste leakbe insufficient not suffice come up short want lack need require impoverish waste stint begrudge
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impoverish
/ɪm'pɒvərɪʃ; ɪm`pɑvərɪʃ/
v [Tn]
1 make (sb) poor 使（某人）贫困
*an elderly impoverished writer 穷困的老作家.
2 make (sth) poorer or worse in quality 使（某物）贫瘠或恶化
*Heavy rain and excessive use have impoverished the soil. 这土地因遭暴雨侵蚀及使用过度已贫瘠不堪.
* Our lives would have been greatly impoverished if we had not known our dear friend. 若不是得识我们这位好朋友, 我们的生活一定十分不妙.
v [Tn]
1 make (sb) poor 使（某人）贫困
*an elderly impoverished writer 穷困的老作家.
2 make (sth) poorer or worse in quality 使（某物）贫瘠或恶化
*Heavy rain and excessive use have impoverished the soil. 这土地因遭暴雨侵蚀及使用过度已贫瘠不堪.
* Our lives would have been greatly impoverished if we had not known our dear friend. 若不是得识我们这位好朋友, 我们的生活一定十分不妙.
impoverish
v [T]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: empovrir, from povre 'poor']
to make someone very poor
Falling coffee prices have impoverished many Third World economies.
families impoverished by debt
to make something worse in quality
Fast-growing trees remove nutrients and impoverish the soil.
>impoverishedadj
an impoverished student
>impoverishmentn[U]
spiritual impoverishment
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: empovrir, from povre 'poor']
to make someone very poor
Falling coffee prices have impoverished many Third World economies.
families impoverished by debt
to make something worse in quality
Fast-growing trees remove nutrients and impoverish the soil.
>impoverishedadj
an impoverished student
>impoverishmentn[U]
spiritual impoverishment
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