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impoverish

verb
🔊/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ/
🔊/ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they impoverish
🔊/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ/
🔊/ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃ/
he / she / it impoverishes
🔊/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃɪz/
🔊/ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃɪz/
past simple impoverished
🔊/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt/
🔊/ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃt/
past participle impoverished
🔊/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃt/
🔊/ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃt/
-ing form impoverishing
🔊/ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃɪŋ/
🔊/ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃɪŋ/
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  1. impoverish somebody to make somebody poor使贫穷
    • These changes are likely to impoverish single-parent families even further.这些变革很可能使单亲家庭更加贫困。🔊🔊
    Topics Social issuesc2
  2. impoverish something to make something worse in quality使贫瘠；使枯竭
    • Intensive cultivation has impoverished the soil.集约耕作使土壤变得贫瘠。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as empoverish): from Old French empoveriss-, lengthened stem of empoverir, based on povre ‘poor’.