| 单词 | impoverished |
| 释义 | impoverished (once / 1755 pages) adj Impoverished describes being really, really poor, either from having no money or being in bad health. A person who lives on the street is impoverished, and a country may become impoverished after a devastating war. Impoverished comes from the Old French word povre, which means “poor,” and you can almost see the word poverty inside impoverished. Living an impoverished life means that your finances and health are not in good shape, and in fact you could die because you can’t support yourself. A corrupt and greedy government makes its citizens impoverished, and too much pollution will create impoverished soil that isn’t healthy enough to grow delicious vegetables. WORD FAMILYimpoverish: impoverished, impoverishes, impoverishing, impoverishment+/impoverishment: impoverishments USAGE EXAMPLES“The vision was to continue to work with impoverished farmers throughout Indonesia to create products and bring them to international markets,” Schilling said. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) It all centers on Zhengzhou, a city of 6 million people in an impoverished region of China. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) Now federal officials allege he funneled $600 million in fraudulent claims to this impoverished pocket of Appalachia, and the government turned off the spigot. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj poor enough to need help from others Syn destitute, indigent, necessitous, needy, poverty-stricken poor having little money or few possessions 2adj destroyed financially Syn broken, wiped out destroyed spoiled or ruined or demolished |
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