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

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