impoverished

英 [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt]

美 [ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃt]

adj.  赤贫的; 不名一文的; 贫乏的; 贫瘠的; 枯竭的
v.  使贫穷; 使贫瘠; 使枯竭
impoverish的过去分词和过去式

IELTS

BNC.11179 / COCA.8372

牛津词典

adj.

• 赤贫的；不名一文的
  very poor; without money
  1. impoverished peasants
     贫困的农民
  2. the impoverished areas of the city
     这个城市的贫民区
• 贫乏的；贫瘠的；枯竭的
  poor in quality, because sth is missing

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使贫困;使赤贫
  Something thatimpoverishesa person or a country makes them poor.
  1. We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.
     我们需要减轻导致经济困顿的税收负荷。
  2. ...a society impoverished by wartime inflation.
     因战时通货膨胀导致贫困的社会
• VERB 使贫瘠;使枯竭
  A person or thing thatimpoverishessomething makes it worse in quality.
  1. ...plants that impoverish the soil quickly.
     使土壤迅速贫瘠的植物

英英释义

adj

• destroyed financially
  1. the broken fortunes of the family
  Synonym:brokenwiped out(p)
• poor enough to need help from others
  Synonym:destituteindigentnecessitousneedypoverty-stricken

双语例句

• Money and food were sent to the impoverished drought victims.
  给贫困的灾民送去了救济金和粮食。
• Both had a large, impoverished rural population, few exports, and a weak currency.
  两国都拥有大量的赤贫农村人口，极少的出口量和疲软货币。
• It is the lament of an impoverished peasant.
  它是一个已贫穷化的农民的哀词。
• It was in a that impoverished family of an obscure village that our great poet grew up.
  我们伟大的诗人就是在这样一个名不见经传的山村中的一贫如洗的家庭里长大的。
• The question about funding the impoverished college students relates to the healthy development of higher education.
  高校贫困生资助问题关系到高等教育的健康发展。
• Focus on promoting the impoverished area, women and minorities with less population literacy education.
  重点推进贫困地区、妇女和人口较少民族的扫盲教育。
• Determining how to best aid impoverished peoples in need of water for drinking and sanitation is always a challenge.
  确定怎样最好地支持需要饮用水和卫生用水的贫困人口一直是个挑战。
• Impoverished regions in China are characterized mainly by a large area and population sunk in poverty.
  贫困面积大、贫困人口多、贫困程度深是过去相当长一个时期中国贫困地区的主要特征。
• She loathed being the child of impoverished labourers.
  她憎恨自己是贫困工人的孩子。
• These vagrant children are from impoverished families in the under-developed remote rural areas.
  这些流浪儿童来自经济欠发达的偏远农村地区的贫困家庭。