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impoverishing
present participle ofimpoverish
impoverish
verb[ T ]
formaluk /ɪmˈpɒv.ər.ɪʃ/ us /ɪmˈpɑː.vɚ.ɪʃ/
to make someone very poor: 使某人穷困
The new law is likely to further impoverish single parents.这条新法律有可能使单亲家长进一步穷困。
He was made to pay a ruinous fine that impoverished his family. 他被迫支付一笔难以承受的罚款，这导致了家庭的穷困。
to make something weaker or worse in quality:
Excessive farming had impoverished the soil.
Our cultural heritage would be impoverished by the absence of Mozart.
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impoverished
She said the Indian dam project would impoverish millions of the world's poorest people.
Some people argue that multinational companies exploit poor workers abroad and impoverish workers at home by moving capital overseas.
The oboe tends to impoverish the tone of the violins.
This coarseness of imagery is visually impoverishing our towns.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Deteriorating and making worse
add
admin
aggravate
backslide
be downhillidiom
debase
deteriorate
deterioration
devaluation
disintegrate
dog
one step forward, two steps backidiom
regress
regression
regressive
regressively
vulgarize
wear thinidiom
worse
worsen
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