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impoverished

/im-pov-er-isht, -pov-risht/US // ɪmˈpɒv ər ɪʃt, -ˈpɒv rɪʃt //

穷困潦倒,穷困的,贫穷的,穷苦的

Related Words

strapped捆绑的,捆绑式,捆绑式的,捆绑poverty-stricken穷困潦倒,穷困潦倒的,穷困的,贫穷needy贫乏的,贫苦,贫乏,贫困distressed忧虑的,苦恼的,苦恼,忧虑barren不毛之地,贫瘠,贫瘠的,荒芜的destitute穷困潦倒,穷困的,穷困潦倒的,穷困的人indigent穷困的,穷困潦倒,贫穷的,穷人bankrupt破产,破产人,破产的,破产者drained精疲力尽,精疲力竭,精疲力尽的,精疲力竭的spent用过的,已用过的,用过的东西,已用完的ruined破败的,破败不堪,破败不堪的,毁掉的depleted枯竭的,枯竭,耗尽,耗尽的broke破产,打破了,破损,打碎了clean清洁,洁净,清洁的,洁净的reduced减少了,减少,减少的,缩减empty空,空的,空空如也,空荡荡的hurting伤害,伤人,伤痛,伤害的beggared乞讨,乞讨的,乞求,乞求的flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的impecunious穷困潦倒,穷困潦倒的,穷困潦倒的人,穷困的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : reduced to poverty.
    • : having few trees, flowers, birds, wild animals, etc.
    • : deprived of strength, vitality, creativeness, etc.: an impoverished attempt at humor.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.poor, exhausted
Synonyms
barren不毛之地,贫瘠,贫瘠的,荒芜的destitute穷困潦倒,穷困的,穷困潦倒的,穷困的人distressed忧虑的,苦恼的,苦恼,忧虑indigent穷困的,穷困潦倒,贫穷的,穷人needy贫乏的,贫苦,贫乏,贫困poverty-stricken穷困潦倒,穷困潦倒的,穷困的,贫穷strapped捆绑的,捆绑式,捆绑式的,捆绑bankrupt破产,破产人,破产的,破产者beggared乞讨,乞讨的,乞求,乞求的broke破产,打破了,破损,打碎了clean清洁,洁净,清洁的,洁净的depleted枯竭的,枯竭,耗尽,耗尽的drained精疲力尽,精疲力竭,精疲力尽的,精疲力竭的empty空,空的,空空如也,空荡荡的hurting伤害,伤人,伤痛,伤害的reduced减少了,减少,减少的,缩减ruined破败的,破败不堪,破败不堪的,毁掉的spent用过的,已用过的,用过的东西,已用完的flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的flat broke破产,断裂,扁平化,扁平化破产have-not没有,未有,无,没有什么impecunious穷困潦倒,穷困潦倒的,穷困潦倒的人,穷困的insolvent破产,无力偿债,无力偿还,破产人necessitous必要的,必要性,必要,必需品penurious奢华的,奢华,奢侈的,奢侈played out已播放完毕,淘汰了,已播放的,淘汰的sterile不育,不孕不育,不育的,不育症

Examples

  • Pelletier took no action against Letourneau, who was appointed to represent impoverished clients in 470 cases between 2010 and 2016 while working for the commission.

  • For decades after Gideon, the state allowed judges to assign and pay private attorneys to represent impoverished defendants.

  • People couldn’t move their families because, as law enforcement officers said when asked, over 80 percent of these target areas are impoverished.

  • The islands became BIOT, and their inhabitants were dumped, impoverished, on Mauritius and the Seychelles.

  • Then, as today, the epidemic fell most heavily on the inhabitants of impoverished inner-city areas.

  • Locking up the primary breadwinner can push a family from working-class to impoverished.

  • Densely populated and impoverished, the community was struggling long before Ebola arrived.

  • My office is located such that I have many patients from both affluent and impoverished communities.

  • Atlanta soon flourished, becoming the resurgent urban center of an otherwise impoverished South.

  • Impoverished defendants were frequently ordered to pay fines that were triple their monthly income.

  • The companies are declared to be impoverished by the taking of inordinate numbers of apprentices.

  • In the first place the companies saw their stock become rapidly impoverished, and themselves on the verge of bankruptcy.

  • A million immigrants came from impoverished Europe in the four succeeding years, begging for freedom and a place to live.

  • He was translated to the archbishopric of York, leaving his bishopric in a very impoverished state.

  • She was weary of the doctor's shop-talk, the impoverished blood of conversation, the dislocated joint of utterance.

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