impoverish

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vt. 使贫穷, 耗尽...的力气

发音

US /ɪmˈpɒv(ə)ɹɪʃ/

词形变化

impoverished impoverishes 三单 impoverishes impoverisheth impoverishing impoverisht impoverishing 现在分词 impoverished 过去式 impoverished 过去分词

别名

empoverish

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make poor.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness.

    及物

    That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil.

  3. 3.

    To become poor.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

deprive

反义词 1

enrich

上位词 3

decline deprive worsen

下位词 9

break ruin smash reduce beggar bankrupt disestablish pauperise pauperize

词源

From Middle English empoverishen, impoverishen, empoverischen, enpoverisshen, Anglo-Norman empoveriss-, from Old French empoverir, from em- + povre, from Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor).

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