基本释义
impoverish /ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃ/ （动词）
- 使贫困；使贫穷
- 使（土地、资源等）贫瘠；耗尽
常见用法
- impoverish a country（使一个国家陷入贫困）
- impoverish the soil（使土壤贫瘠）
- war and corruption impoverished millions（战争与腐败使数百万人陷入贫困）
例句参考
- The prolonged drought has impoverished the farmland.
- Unfair trade policies can impoverish developing nations.
- His reckless spending eventually impoverished his family.
同义词
deprive, bankrupt, pauperize, exhaust, deplete