impoverish
impoverish 英 [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ] 美 [ɪmˈpɑvərɪʃ]
vt. 使贫穷；使枯竭
进行时:impoverishing 过去式:impoverished 过去分词:impoverished 第三人称单数:impoverishes
- To impoverish is to take away a person's livelihood. When a drought ruins a farmer's crop and he has nothing to harvest, his bad luck may leave him and his family impoverished, or poor.
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- vt. 使贫穷；使枯竭
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1. Their overconfidence leads them to impoverish not just themselves but also their fishing grounds.
他们的过分自信不仅导致他们自己贫困，而且导致他们渔场也贫困。
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2. Many gamblers impoverish themselves here, and it is no coincidence that numerous pawn brokers have set up shop in the streets around the Hotel Lisboa.
很多赌徒在这里变得一文不名，而众多的典当经纪人在里斯本旅馆附近的大街上建立起自己的商店。
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3. He knows just as well that those who turn away from all personal life through a great love enrich themselves perhaps but certainly impoverish those their love has chosen.
他还知道，那些通过伟大的爱情脱离所有私生活的人们自身是得到了丰富，但是这样却使得他们所爱的人日渐凋零。
- impoverish (v.) early 15c., empoverischen, from Old French empoveriss-, stem of empoverir, from em- + povre "poor" (see poor (adj.)). In the same sense Middle English also had empover (early 15c., from Old French enpoverir). Related: Impoverished; impoverishing.
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