英 [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt] 美 [ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃt]
adj. 贫困的，赤贫的；（品质）恶化的
v. 使贫穷，使枯竭（impoverish 的过去式和过去分词）
impoverish /ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ/ CET6+ TEM8 [ impoverishing impoverished impoverishes ]
及物动词 Something that impoverishes a person or a country makes them poor. 使贫困
We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.
我们需要减少使经济贫困的租税负担。
形容词 贫困的
The goal is to lure businesses into impoverished areas by offering them tax breaks.
目的是通过提供减税优惠把企业吸引到贫困地区。
及物动词 A person or thing that impoverishes something makes it worse in quality. 使质量下降
A top dressing of fertilizer should be added to improve growth as mint impoverishes the soil quickly.
应施顶肥以促进生长，因为薄荷会使土壤迅速变得贫瘠。
poor enough to need help from others
同义词： destitute / indigent / necessitous / needy / poverty-stricken
destroyed financially
同义词： broken / wiped out(p)
贫困-引用次数：52
穷困的
穷困潦倒（Impoverished）： 这个定居点由于多种因素而变得贫困。贫穷、饥荒与疾病四处横行。
... impose v.征（税等），处以（罚款、监禁等），强制实行，强加于 impoverished adj.穷困的 impulse n.冲动；脉冲 ...
... 模糊的：indistinct 贫穷的：impoverished 极坏的，邪恶的：wicked ...
... keepbodyandsoultogether勉强糊口 impoverished贫困的;赤贫的 feelthepinch:感到手头拮据 ...
impoverishment 贫穷；致使贫乏或贫瘠之事物
impoverish 使贫穷；使枯竭
穷困的；用尽了的，无创造性的
The division between the prosperous west and the impoverished east remains.
富裕的西部和贫穷的东部之间的对立依然存在。
The goal is to lure businesses into impoverished areas by offering them tax breaks.
目的是通过提供减税优惠把企业吸引到贫困地区。
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。
"If you're a poor shopkeeper living in a very impoverished part of Botswana and you're trying to feed your family, trying to buy and sell goods, trying to get medical services for your kids or your employees, and you speak a local language, there's nothing on today's Web that's going to help you,right?
VOA : special.2010.11.08
But one in four Americans particularly those in rural and impoverished areas often lack access to the Internet.
VOA : standard.2010.01.05
They had gathered at the police station of the impoverished town south of Johannesburg to protest pass laws that restricted their movements.
VOA : standard.2010.03.21
Besides, pesticides kill people, too: 300, 000 a year, most of them impoverished farm workers.
The group is active in the impoverished region, where minority Muslims have been fighting for self-rule for decades.
To now be deemed impoverished, a person must make less than 1, 196 yuan a year.