| 英语单词 | impoverished |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ɪm'pɒvərɪʃt] 美 [ɪm'pɑːvərɪʃt] |
| 中文释义 | adj.贫困的;赤贫的;耗竭的 动词impoverish的过去式和过去分词. |
| 英语例句 | (1) The impoverished family subsisted on charity. (2) The church provides food for the impoverished families in the city. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 那个贫穷的家庭靠慈善救济过日子。 (2) 教会提供食物给这个城市中赤贫的家庭。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Impoverished describes being really, really poor, either from having no money or being in bad health. A person who lives on the street is impoverished, and a country may become impoverished after a devastating war. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Impoverished comes from the Old French word povre, which means “poor,” and you can almost see the word poverty inside impoverished. Living an impoverished life means that your finances and health are not in good shape, and in fact you could die because you can’t support yourself. A corrupt and greedy government makes its citizens impoverished, and too much pollution will create impoverished soil that isn’t healthy enough to grow delicious vegetables. |
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