impoverishment

英 [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃmənt]

美 [ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃmənt]

n.  穷困化状况(或过程)

BNC.23039 / COCA.22454

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 穷困化状况(或过程)
  Impoverishmentis the state or process of being impoverished.
  1. ...a meeting of experts on how the impoverishment of Africa can be reversed...
     研讨如何逆转非洲穷困化状况的专家会议
  2. National isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverishment.
     锁国只会导致经济和文化上的困厄。

英英释义

noun

• the act of making someone poor
  Synonym:pauperizationpauperisation
• the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
  Synonym:povertypoorness

双语例句

• She writes about the impoverishment of the spirit in the materialist modern society.
  她描写现代物质至上社会中的精神贫瘠。
• But in fact, a great many men will cheerfully face impoverishment if they can thereby secure complete ruin for their rivals, hence the present level of taxation.
  但事实上，许多人只要保证把他们的竞争对手彻底击败宁肯面对贫穷，于是就出现了目前的税制。
• Just as protectionism over trade leads to impoverishment, so parochialism over immigration is likely to lead to a lower standard of living.
  正如贸易保护主义会导致贫穷落后，在移民政策上目光短浅也可能导致生活水准下降。
• It will be paid for in terms of the impoverishment of home life, of children who receive less care, love, and supervision.
  其结果是损害家庭生活，孩子们未能得到足够的照顾、爱护与教养。
• The country estates and their gardens had been ruined through the impoverishment of their owners and the decay of the towns.
  但田庄田产及其园艺业却随着主人的贫穷和城市的衰落而衰败了。
• The credit crunch is causing severe pain and is generating unemployment and impoverishment at an alarming pace.
  信贷危机正引起严重的后果，导致民众以惊人的速度陷入失业和穷困。
• The impoverished population is shrinking substantially and the impoverishment rate is decreasing sharply.
  贫困人口大幅度减少，贫困发生率大幅度下降。
• It shall see to it that the recovery rate and impoverishment rate in mining and recovery rate in ore-dressing meet the design requirements.
  矿山企业的开采回采率、采矿贫化率和选矿回收率应当达到设计要求。
• China experienced a period of enduring impoverishment and long-standing debility in its modern history and was for a time at the mercy of other countries.
  近代中国经历了一段积贫积弱、任人宰割的历史。
• Expressive signs of what made them poor, were not wanting; The Impoverishment and the Causes of the Female-headed Households in America
  标志着他们贫困的根源的东西并不难见到。美国以女性为户主的家庭的贫困及其根源探究