| 词汇 | impoverishing |
| 释义 | impoverishing present participle ofimpoverish impoverish verb[ T ] formaluk /ɪmˈpɒv.ər.ɪʃ/ us /ɪmˈpɑː.vɚ.ɪʃ/ to make someone very poor: 使某人穷困 The new law is likely to further impoverish single parents.这条新法律有可能使单亲家长进一步穷困。 He was made to pay a ruinous fine that impoverished his family. 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 something weaker or worse in quality: Excessive farming had impoverished the soil. Our cultural heritage would be impoverished by the absence of Mozart. See impoverished She said the Indian dam project would impoverish millions of the world's poorest people. Some people argue that multinational companies exploit poor workers abroad and impoverish workers at home by moving capital overseas. The oboe tends to impoverish the tone of the violins. This coarseness of imagery is visually impoverishing our towns. Deteriorating and making worse add admin aggravate backslide be downhillidiom debase deteriorate deterioration devaluation disintegrate dog one step forward, two steps backidiom regress regression regressive regressively vulgarize wear thinidiom worse worsen |
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