impoverish

impoverish
verb
  1. [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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