impoverish
verb[T]
formaluk/ɪmˈpɒv.ər.ɪʃ/us/ɪmˈpɑː.vɚ.ɪʃ/to make someone verypoor:
使某人穷困The newlawislikelytofurtherimpoverishsingleparents.这条新法律有可能使单亲家长进一步穷困。
He was made topayaruinousfinethat impoverished hisfamily.他被迫支付一笔难以承受的罚款,这导致了家庭的穷困。
to make somethingweakerorworseinquality:
Excessivefarminghad impoverished thesoil.
Ourculturalheritagewould be impoverished by theabsenceof Mozart.
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impoverished
- She said theIndiandamprojectwould impoverish millions of the world'spoorestpeople.
- Somepeoplearguethatmultinationalcompaniesexploitpoorworkersabroadand impoverishworkersathomebymovingcapitaloverseas.
- Theoboetendsto impoverish thetoneof theviolins.
- Thiscoarsenessofimageryisvisuallyimpoverishingourtowns.
Deteriorating and making worse
- add
- admin
- aggravate
- backslide
- be (all) downhillidiom
- debase
- deteriorate
- deterioration
- devaluation
- devalue
- disintegrate
- dog
- one step forward, two steps backidiom
- regress
- regression
- regressive
- relapse
- retrograde
- worse
- worsen