Impoverish
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 使成赤贫
- ［英］ v. 使成赤贫 ( to make poor; reduce to poverty)
- ［记］ im ( 进入) +pover ( 贫困) +ish -> 进入贫困;
- ［同］ 参考: poverty ( 贫困)
- ［例］ They are impoverished by heavy taxes.
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb
- Etymology: Middle English enpoverisshen, from Anglo-French empoveriss-, stem of empoverir, from en- + povre poor — more at poor
- Date: 15th century
- 1. to make poor
- 2. to deprive of strength, richness, or fertility by depleting or draining of something essential
- Synonyms: see deplete
- ? impoverisher noun
- ? impoverishment noun
