impoverishment

英 [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃmənt]

美 [ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃmənt]

n.  穷困化状况(或过程)

BNC.23039 / COCA.22454

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 穷困化状况(或过程)
  Impoverishmentis the state or process of being impoverished.
  1. ...a meeting of experts on how the impoverishment of Africa can be reversed...
     研讨如何逆转非洲穷困化状况的专家会议
  2. National isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverishment.
     锁国只会导致经济和文化上的困厄。

英英释义

noun

• the act of making someone poor
  Synonym:pauperizationpauperisation
• the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
  Synonym:povertypoorness

双语例句

• Just as protectionism over trade leads to impoverishment, so parochialism over immigration is likely to lead to a lower standard of living.
  正如贸易保护主义会导致贫穷落后，在移民政策上目光短浅也可能导致生活水准下降。
• It means another quarter of a century of impoverishment for the whole world.
  意味着本世纪的随后二十五年世界资源枯竭，陷入穷困。
• The impoverished population is shrinking substantially and the impoverishment rate is decreasing sharply.
  贫困人口大幅度减少，贫困发生率大幅度下降。
• She writes about the impoverishment of the spirit in the materialist modern society.
  她描写现代物质至上社会中的精神贫瘠。
• It does not take analytical genius to see historical forces of this kind engaged in their relentless impoverishment over the past 10 years.
  无需具备擅长分析的天分，就能看清这类历史力量在过去十年无情地发挥着打击力。
• The credit crunch is causing severe pain and is generating unemployment and impoverishment at an alarming pace.
  信贷危机正引起严重的后果，导致民众以惊人的速度陷入失业和穷困。
• But in fact, a great many men will cheerfully face impoverishment if they can thereby secure complete ruin for their rivals, hence the present level of taxation.
  但事实上，许多人只要保证把他们的竞争对手彻底击败宁肯面对贫穷，于是就出现了目前的税制。
• The country estates and their gardens had been ruined through the impoverishment of their owners and the decay of the towns.
  但田庄田产及其园艺业却随着主人的贫穷和城市的衰落而衰败了。
• The sequential importance re-sampling particle filter can abate the influence of particle degeneracy but will easily lead to another problem-sample impoverishment.
  粒子退化和对突变状态的跟踪能力差是粒子滤波在故障预报应用中存在的主要问题。
• Their sickness and death contribute to the impoverishment of entire families.
  他们的疾病和死亡造成了整个家庭的贫困。