impoverish
v 使成赤贫(im进入+pover贫困+ish;参考:poverty贫困)
释义2:
impoverish
/ Im5pCvErIF /
◙ verb1. [with obj.] make (a person or area) poor• 使(人,地区)贫穷 »[as adj. impoverished] impoverished peasant farmers. 陷入贫困的农民们。 exhaust the strength, vitality, or natural fertility of• 使(力量,活力,肥力)枯竭 »the soil was impoverished by annual burning. 土壤因每年燃烧而缺乏肥力。 »[as adj. impoverished] an impoverished and debased language. 毫无活力,卑贱低下的语言。【派生】
♦ impoverishment noun【语源】
1. late Middle English (formerly also as empoverish): from Old French empoveriss-, lengthened stem of empoverir, based on povre 'poor'
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