impoverish

impoverish

英 [ɪm'pɒv(ə)rɪʃ]
　　美 [ɪm'pɑvərɪʃ]

vt. 使貧窮；使枯竭

中文詞源：

impoverish 使貧窮

im-,進入，使，-pover,少的，貧窮，詞源同poor,poverty.

例句：

1. National isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverish-ment.
鎖國隻會導致經濟和文化上的困厄。

2. These changes are likely to impoverish single-parent families even further.
這些變革很可能使單親傢庭更加貧困。

3. Reducing the income will further impoverish these families and could tempt an offender into further crime.
降低收入隻會使這些傢庭更加貧窮，而且可能誘使不法分子進一步犯罪。

4. We need to reduce the burden of taxes that impoverish the economy.
我們需要減輕導致經濟困頓的稅收負荷。

5. Impoverish the soil by overuse.
過度耕作而使土壤變得貧瘠.