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

• It shall see to it that the recovery rate and impoverishment rate in mining and recovery rate in ore-dressing meet the design requirements.
  矿山企业的开采回采率、采矿贫化率和选矿回收率应当达到设计要求。
• Second arousing the enthusiasm of poverty-striken peasant household extricating impoverishment;
  调动贫困农户脱贫的积极性；
• The implementation of the large-scale development strategy for the western region is also helpful for poverty alleviation and will have a far-reaching influence on the reduction of the impoverishment rate.
  西部大开发战略的实施有利于扶贫。中国正在实施的西部大开发战略，对进一步降低贫困发生率将产生深远的影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It means another quarter of a century of impoverishment for the whole world.
  意味着本世纪的随后二十五年世界资源枯竭，陷入穷困。
• The impoverished population is shrinking substantially and the impoverishment rate is decreasing sharply.
  贫困人口大幅度减少，贫困发生率大幅度下降。
• It will be paid for in terms of the impoverishment of home life, of children who receive less care, love, and supervision.
  其结果是损害家庭生活，孩子们未能得到足够的照顾、爱护与教养。