impoverish
英 [?m'p?v(?)r??]
美[?m'pɑv?r??]
- vt. 使貧窮；使枯竭
CET6+TEM8GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?impoverishes;過去式:?impoverished;過去分詞:?impoverished;現(xiàn)在分詞:?impoverishing;名詞:?impoverishment;
中文詞源
impoverish 使貧窮
im-,進入，使，-pover,少的，貧窮，詞源同poor,poverty.
英文詞源
- impoverish (v.)
- early 15c., empoverischen, from Old French empoveriss-, stem of empoverir, from em- + povre "poor" (see poor). Related: Impoverished; impoverishing.
雙語例句
- 1. National isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverish-ment.
- 鎖國只會導致經(jīng)濟和文化上的困厄。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. These changes are likely to impoverish single-parent families even further.
- 這些變革很可能使單親家庭更加貧困。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and could tempt an offender into further crime.
- 降低收入只會使這些家庭更加貧窮，而且可能誘使不法分子進一步犯罪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.
- 我們需要減輕導致經(jīng)濟困頓的稅收負荷。
來自辭典例句
- 5. Impoverish the soil by overuse.
- 過度耕作而使土壤變得貧瘠.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)