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

• 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。
• 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。
• Neither of the world's fastest-growing large economies wants Maoist-led instability, nor impoverishment, on its borders.
  这两个全球增长最快的大型经济体，均不希望在本国边境上出现由毛派引发的不稳定和贫穷。
• 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。
• National isolation can only cause economic and cultural impoverishment.
  锁国只会导致经济和文化上的困厄。
• But in fact, a great many men will cheerfully face impoverishment if they can thereby secure complete ruin for their rivals, hence the present level of taxation.
  但事实上，许多人只要保证把他们的竞争对手彻底击败宁肯面对贫穷，于是就出现了目前的税制。
• The country estates and their gardens had been ruined through the impoverishment of their owners and the decay of the towns.
  但田庄田产及其园艺业却随着主人的贫穷和城市的衰落而衰败了。
• A Study of Migration of Population in Urbanization and the Growth of Poverty Population;& The impoverished population is shrinking substantially and the impoverishment rate is decreasing sharply.
  城镇化进程中的人口流动与城镇新增贫困人口问题分析&贫困人口大幅度减少，贫困发生率大幅度下降。
• China's Half Territory from Impoverishment to Prosperity On the Infrastructure Improvement in China's Minority Areas for the 21~ ( st) Century
  从贫困走向繁荣的半壁江山&论中国少数民族地区跨世纪的基础工程建设
• 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。