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

• 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。
• It does not take analytical genius to see historical forces of this kind engaged in their relentless impoverishment over the past 10 years.
  无需具备擅长分析的天分，就能看清这类历史力量在过去十年无情地发挥着打击力。
• During World War II, the islands and people had been exploited by the Japanese Military to the point of impoverishment.
  二战期间，各岛和人民都被日本军事所剥削而变为贫困。
• 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 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 means another quarter of a century of impoverishment for the whole world.
  意味着本世纪的随后二十五年世界资源枯竭，陷入穷困。
• China's Half Territory from Impoverishment to Prosperity On the Infrastructure Improvement in China's Minority Areas for the 21~ ( st) Century
  从贫困走向繁荣的半壁江山&论中国少数民族地区跨世纪的基础工程建设
• In short, if there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery, in impoverishment.
  简言之，如果技术取得了进步而社会却依然如故，那就几乎必然会增加人的不幸和贫困。
• 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。
• 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。