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单词 impoverishment
释义
impoverishment
noun
formal
uk
/ɪmˈpɒv.ər.ɪʃ.mənt/us
/ɪmˈpɑː.vɚ.ɪʃ.mənt/
[U]
theconditionof being orbecomingverypoor, or theactof making someone verypoor:
贫穷；贫困化
Thedroughtreducedmanyfarmersto impoverishment.旱灾害得许多农民变成穷人。
Progress hasmeantcontinuedimpoverishment and agrowingcontrastbetween thewealthof the few and thepovertyof the many.进步意味着持续的贫困化，造成了愈演愈烈的反差，一边是少数人的富裕，另一边是多数人的贫穷。
[UorS]
theactorresultof making somethingweakerorworseinquality:
Theoveruseofchemicalfertilizershascausedimpoverishment of thesoil.
cultural/economic/spiritualimpoverishment
All too often theseattemptshaveresultedin an impoverishment of thesubject.
More examples
  • There waswidespreadimpoverishment oftenantsandsmallfarmers.
  • Solidlymiddle-classAmericansstillfaceimpoverishmentfollowingaseriousillness.
  • Theintellectualimpoverishment ofpoliticsin thiscountryisshameful.
  • They could onlylamentthe impoverishment oftheirresources.
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impoverished
(Definition ofimpoverishmentfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
impoverishment
noun
formal
uk
/ɪmˈpɒv.ər.ɪʃ.mənt/us
/ɪmˈpɑː.vɚ.ɪʃ.mənt/
[U]
theconditionof being orbecomingverypoor, or theactof making someone verypoor
贫穷；贫困化
Thedroughtreducedmanyfarmersto impoverishment.旱灾害得许多农民变成穷人。
Progress hasmeantcontinuedimpoverishment and agrowingcontrastbetween thewealthof the few and thepovertyof the many.进步意味着持续的贫困化，造成了愈演愈烈的反差，一边是少数人的富裕，另一边是多数人的贫穷。
More examples
  • There waswidespreadimpoverishment oftenantsandsmallfarmers.
  • Solidly middle-class Americans stillfaceimpoverishmentfollowingaseriousillness.
  • Theintellectualimpoverishment ofpoliticsin thiscountryisshameful.
  • They could onlylamentthe impoverishment oftheirresources.

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Examplesofimpoverishment

impoverishment
The drive to establish theatre work as a profession was a direct response to massimpoverishmentamong artists.
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The effects ofimpoverishment, child care burden, instability, and geographic isolation on child maltreatment were analyzed separately for the two types of neighborhoods.
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This reflects the relatively greaterimpoverishmentof ' older ' households where there is a greater depletion of savings and a lower likelihood of adequate occupational pensions.
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The improvement in working people's incomes was matched by a gradual decline in the degree ofimpoverishmentamongst the retired population.
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In particular, there was no intergenerational accumulation of wealth orimpoverishment.
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This increases the potential for soilimpoverishmentthrough export of nutrients as crop yield.
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It predicted the absoluteimpoverishmentof the working class.
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One of these has to do with the differing distribution ofimpoverishmentscores in the two types of neighborhoods.
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Travellers' tales give testament to theimpoverishmentof the city.
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The women agitation is a product of increasing marginality, neglect andimpoverishmentin the oil economy.
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And, thirdly, for the household the chances ofimpoverishmentrelated to its history.
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There are, of course, alternative approaches to explaining blind children's lack of social engagement and 0 orimpoverishmentin symbolic play.
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Table 6 provides a summary of the conclusions of this analysis and suggests an interpretation of the response of single elders to increasingimpoverishment.
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Short-term financialimpoverishmentmay also have consequences for public expenditure in the longer term.
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The persistence of the problem, however, suggests that this measure had minimal impact, and the government did little else to address thespianimpoverishment.
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