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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

Related Words

exhaust废气,排气,排气管,排风ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了deplete耗尽,消耗,消耗掉,穷尽bankrupt破产,破产人,破产的,破产者

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounpoverty
Synonyms
depletion耗损,枯竭,损耗,消耗famine饥荒,饥馑,饥饿,灾情hardship艰难困苦,困苦,困难,困难重重insolvency破产,无力偿债,无力偿付,无力偿债的privation匮乏,隐私,私有化,匮乏性scarcity稀缺性,稀缺,匮乏,稀少starvation饿死,饿死了,饥饿,饿死人underdevelopment发展不足,不发达,欠发达,不发达地区abjection抛弃,弃婴,弃绝,弃权aridity干旱化,干旱性,干旱,干旱化程度bankruptcy破产barrenness不孕不育,不育症,不孕症,不孕不育症beggary乞讨,乞丐,乞讨罪,乞讨行为dearth匮乏,缺少,贫乏,匮乏的debt债务,负债,债务问题,债权deficiency不足之处,缺陷,缺点,不足deficit亏损,亏欠,亏空,赤字destitution赤贫,穷困潦倒,穷困,贫穷difficulty困难,难度,难点,困难重重distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰emptiness虚空,空虚,空旷,虚无exiguity灵活性,确切性,复杂性,确切地说impecuniousness不富裕,无力感,小气,不富裕的人inadequacy不足,不足之处,不足的地方,不够indigence穷困潦倒,穷困,贫穷,贫困insufficiency不足,不充分,不够用,不充足lack缺乏,缺少,欠缺,匮乏meagerness渴望,温柔,我的心态,我的心necessity必要性,必需品,必然性,必要need需要,需,要,要有neediness需要,需要性,需求,必要性pass通过,通过了,通,通过的paucity贫乏,少数,少量,少量的pauperism贫穷主义,贫民制,穷困潦倒,穷光蛋pennilessness身无分文,一贫如洗,一文不名,无钱penuriousness奢侈行为,奢侈,奢华,侈靡之风penury赤贫,贫穷,暴利,贫穷问题pinch钳制,掐死,掐断,钳子poorness贫穷,贫困,穷困,穷困潦倒reduction减少,削减,缩减,降低shortage缺少,短缺,不足,不足之处vacancy空缺,职位空缺,空额,空置want想,要,想要,希望impecuniosity不孝顺,不孝子,不孝,冒失鬼necessitousness必要性,必要条件,必需品,必需性
noundebilitation
Synonyms
depletion耗损,枯竭,损耗,消耗attenuation衰减,衰减量,衰减作用,衰变deficiency不足之处,缺陷,缺点,不足devitalization振兴,活化,脱胎换骨,贬值enervation保养,保育,保存,保留enfeeblement衰弱,衰竭,削弱,虚弱exhaustion衰竭,疲惫,疲惫不堪,竭尽所能reduction减少,削减,缩减,降低

Examples

  • 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.

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