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

• 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。
• Reducing exclusion, extending universal benefits and protecting people from impoverishment are common elements of a growing number of national health policies.
  减少排斥、扩大普遍福利以及使人民免于贫困，现已成为越来越多的国家卫生政策的共同要素。
• Recovery of Copper from Water Quenched Slag of Copper Smelting by Impoverishment at High Temperature and Flotation
  高温贫化-浮选法从炼铜水淬渣中回收铜漳村矿选煤厂浮游选煤加药自动化研究
• Just as protectionism over trade leads to impoverishment, so parochialism over immigration is likely to lead to a lower standard of living.
  正如贸易保护主义会导致贫穷落后，在移民政策上目光短浅也可能导致生活水准下降。
• It means another quarter of a century of impoverishment for the whole world.
  意味着本世纪的随后二十五年世界资源枯竭，陷入穷困。
• 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 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。
• In short, if there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery, in impoverishment.
  简言之，如果技术取得了进步而社会却依然如故，那就几乎必然会增加人的不幸和贫困。
• It does not take analytical genius to see historical forces of this kind engaged in their relentless impoverishment over the past 10 years.
  无需具备擅长分析的天分，就能看清这类历史力量在过去十年无情地发挥着打击力。
• 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。