impoverishment

英 [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃmənt]

美 [ɪmˈpɑːvərɪʃmənt]

n.  穷困化状况(或过程)

BNC.23039 / COCA.22454

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 穷困化状况(或过程)
  Impoverishmentis the state or process of being impoverished.
  1. ...a meeting of experts on how the impoverishment of Africa can be reversed...
     研讨如何逆转非洲穷困化状况的专家会议
  2. National isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverishment.
     锁国只会导致经济和文化上的困厄。

英英释义

noun

• the act of making someone poor
  Synonym:pauperizationpauperisation
• the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
  Synonym:povertypoorness

双语例句

• Reducing exclusion, extending universal benefits and protecting people from impoverishment are common elements of a growing number of national health policies.
  减少排斥、扩大普遍福利以及使人民免于贫困，现已成为越来越多的国家卫生政策的共同要素。
• Recovery of Copper from Water Quenched Slag of Copper Smelting by Impoverishment at High Temperature and Flotation
  高温贫化-浮选法从炼铜水淬渣中回收铜漳村矿选煤厂浮游选煤加药自动化研究
• But in fact, a great many men will cheerfully face impoverishment if they can thereby secure complete ruin for their rivals, hence the present level of taxation.
  但事实上，许多人只要保证把他们的竞争对手彻底击败宁肯面对贫穷，于是就出现了目前的税制。
• Neither of the world's fastest-growing large economies wants Maoist-led instability, nor impoverishment, on its borders.
  这两个全球增长最快的大型经济体，均不希望在本国边境上出现由毛派引发的不稳定和贫穷。
• Just as protectionism over trade leads to impoverishment, so parochialism over immigration is likely to lead to a lower standard of living.
  正如贸易保护主义会导致贫穷落后，在移民政策上目光短浅也可能导致生活水准下降。
• Their sickness and death contribute to the impoverishment of entire families.
  他们的疾病和死亡造成了整个家庭的贫困。
• During World War II, the islands and people had been exploited by the Japanese Military to the point of impoverishment.
  二战期间，各岛和人民都被日本军事所剥削而变为贫困。
• If countries face year after weary year of debt deflation and depression, the euro risks becoming a detested symbol of impoverishment.
  如果各国年复一年地陷于债务通缩和经济萧条，欧元有可能变成令人唾弃的贫困象征。
• Once this happens the site is abandoned and the soil is exposed to sun and rain, resulting in erosion and further impoverishment of the soil. The bits of rock lie on the ground, or under it, and they form soil of a kind;
  如果土地就撂荒了，土壤直接暴露中日晒雨淋中，导致水土流失和土壤进一步贫瘠.地面上或地面下有很多碎石，它们形成了一种土壤，但这种土壤很贫瘠。
• China experienced a period of enduring impoverishment and long-standing debility in its modern history and was for a time at the mercy of other countries.
  近代中国经历了一段积贫积弱、任人宰割的历史。