impoverishment
impoverishment 英 [ɪm'pɒvərɪʃmənt] 美 [ɪm'pɒvərɪʃmənt]
n. 贫穷；致使贫乏或贫瘠之事物
名词复数:impoverishments
- Impoverishment is the state or fact of being extremely poor. A neighborhood's impoverishment is sometimes obvious from its many abandoned buildings.
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- n. 贫穷；致使贫乏或贫瘠之事物
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1. But in fact, a great many men will cheerfully face impoverishment if they can thereby secure complete ruin for their rivals.
可事实上，非常多的人只要能牢牢的完全毁灭他们的竞争对手，他们会高高兴兴的面对贫穷。
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2. 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。
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3. Now stocks of octopus, lobsters, tuna and other fish in this part of the Atlantic are dangerously low, contributing to the impoverishment of local fishermen.
现在大西洋的这一海域章鱼、龙虾、金枪鱼和其它鱼类的存量少到濒于灭绝，这导致了当地渔民的贫困。
- impoverishment (n.) 1550s, from Anglo-French empoverissement, from empoverir; see impoverish + -ment.
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