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.

  1. 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
  2. 贫乏的;贫瘠的;枯竭的
    poor in quality, because sth is missing

    柯林斯词典

    1. VERB 使贫困;使赤贫
      Something that impoverishes a 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
    2. VERB 使贫瘠;使枯竭
      A person or thing that impoverishes something makes it worse in quality.
      1. ...plants that impoverish the soil quickly.
        使土壤迅速贫瘠的植物

    双语例句

    1. The rural people have been impoverished by a collapsing economy.
      经济崩溃使农村地区的人们一贫如洗。
    2. The division between the prosperous west and the impoverished east remains.
      繁荣的西部和贫穷的东部之间的差距仍然存在。
    3. She loathed being the child of impoverished labourers.
      她憎恨自己是贫困工人的孩子。
    4. 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。
    5. The beginning of20th century witnessed an impoverished and enfeebled China that slumbered in dim prospects.
      20世纪初的中国,是一个贫穷落后前途一片暗淡的景象!
    6. 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。
    7. 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。
    8. Ethnic minorities, the disabled and women are special groups among China's impoverished rural population.
      少数民族、残疾人和妇女,是中国农村贫困人口中的特殊贫困群体。
    9. Objective To understand the mental health status of new impoverished undergraduates.
      目的了解新入校贫困大学生心理卫生状况。
    10. Pakistan's impoverished Balochistan province has experienced decades of fighting from ethnic-separatist groups who oppose the central government.
      巴基斯坦穷困的俾路支省经历了民族分裂组织几十年战火的困扰。这些组织反对中央政府的领导。
    11. 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。
    12. Poverty has also been reduced as international trade has lead to economic improvements in many formerly impoverished nations.
      随着国际贸易在许多以前贫穷的国家导致了经济改善,贫困也得以减轻。
    13. She had become the woman of impoverished households& strong and hard and rough.
      她变成了穷苦家庭里的敢做敢当的妇人,又坚强,又粗暴。
    14. A country without a financial system would be is an impoverished place.
      一个没有金融体系的国家将非常贫困。
    15. It is the lament of an impoverished peasant.
      它是一个已贫穷化的农民的哀词。
    16. It is undoubted that education is a sensitive nerve to the impoverished areas for their harmonious development.
      贫困地区要实现和谐发展,教育无疑是一根敏感的神经。
    17. 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。
    18. The shift follows nearly a decade of government incentives to develop its impoverished inland.
      政府近十年来鼓励开发其贫困的内陆地区,然后有了这种转变。
    19. China's countryside impoverished question still exists, and becomes the new rural reconstruction a big barrier.
      中国农村的贫困问题依然存在,并成为新农村建设的一大障碍。
    20. She's going out with an impoverished young actor.
      她和一个年轻的穷演员相好。
    21. In 1992, the state established a special rehabilitation and poverty alleviation loan to aid the impoverished disabled.
      从1992年起,国家设立康复扶贫专项贷款,对贫困残疾人予以扶持。
    22. 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。
    23. 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。
    24. Currently, many clinics require patients to pay, which prevents impoverished children and their parents from seeking care.
      目前许多诊所要求患者支付费用,阻碍了贫困儿童及其家长寻求保健。
    25. 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。
    26. Referring to Confucian ethical communication, we can form and consolidate harmonious interpersonal relationship of impoverished college students.
      借鉴儒家交往伦理,可以促进贫困大学生和谐人际关系的形成和巩固。
    27. To promote educational, social and economic development in the impoverished areas of China.
      促进中国贫穷地区的教育,社会和经济发展。
    28. The costs of health care should not drive impoverished households even deeper into poverty.
      卫生保健费用不应当使贫困家庭更深地陷入贫困。
    29. This is the part of personality that is ignorant and energetically impoverished.
      这是人格上无知、能量贫瘠的的一部分。

    英英释义

    adj

    1. destroyed financially
      1. the broken fortunes of the family

      Synonym:    brokenwiped out(p)

    2. poor enough to need help from others

        Synonym:    destituteindigentnecessitousneedypoverty-stricken