impoverish

🇺🇸 /ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃ/ 🇬🇧 /ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
verb
R

to cause someone to not have enough money or resources

Losing her job could impoverish her entire family.

失去工作可能會使她的整個家庭陷入貧困。

R

to reduce the quality or value of something

Bad farming practices can impoverish the soil.

不良的耕種方法可以使土壤變得貧瘠。

translation

v. 使貧困, 使貧瘠

詞形變化

3rd Present impoverishes
Past impoverished
Perfect impoverished
Progressive impoverishing