[VERB 动词]使贫困;使赤贫 Something that impoverishes a person or a country makes them poor.
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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。
...a society impoverished by wartime inflation.
因战时通货膨胀导致贫困的社会
impoverished
...an attempt to lure businesses into impoverished areas.
把企业吸引到贫困地区的尝试
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[VERB 动词]使贫瘠;使枯竭 A person or thing that impoverishes something makes it worse in quality.
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...plants that impoverish the soil quickly.
使土壤迅速贫瘠的植物
Oxford
im·pov·er·ish/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ; NAmEɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃ/verb1impoverishsb to make sb poor 使贫穷◆These changes are likely to impoverish single-parent families even further.这些变革很可能使单亲家庭更加贫困。2impoverishsth to make sth worse in quality 使贫瘠;使枯竭◆Intensive cultivation has impoverished the soil.集约耕作使土壤变得贫瘠。▶im·pov·er·ish·mentimpoverishmentimpoverishments/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃmənt; NAmEɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃmənt/noun[uncountable ]impoverishimpoverishesimpoverishedimpoverishingim·pov·er·ish/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ; NAmEɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃ/im·pov·er·ish·ment/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃmənt; NAmEɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃmənt/
1to make someone very poor: Falling coffee prices have impoverished many Third World economies. families impoverished by debt2to make something worse in quality: Fast-growing trees remove nutrients and impoverish the soil.—impoverished adjective: an impoverished student—impoverishment noun [uncountable]: spiritual impoverishment
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