impoverished

美音：[ɪm'pɑv(ə)rɪʃt] 英音：[ɪm'pɒvərɪʃt]

简单释义：

adj.赤贫的；不名一文的；贫乏的；贫瘠的

v.“impoverish”的过去式和过去分词

网络穷困的；贫困的；贫穷的

完整释义：

adj.

1.贫瘠的
2.贫化的

例句：

I sometimes think myself unlucky to have been born in an aging and impoverished city, buried under the ashes of a ruined empire.
我有时认为自己不幸出生在一个衰老而贫困的城市，湮没在帝国遗迹的余烬中。
But despite the fact that they were "pretty impoverished" , he says it was an "idyllic" period of time.
“尽管生活贫困，”他说：“那时期的生活充满了田园气息。”
Years of war and mismanagement have left Congo one of Africa's most impoverished countries, in spite of its mineral wealth.
尽管刚果拥有丰富的矿藏，但多年的战乱与管理不善，使其沦落为非洲最贫穷的国家之一。
It began in 2000, when her impoverished parents sold her to a wealthy couple in Cairo.
它开始于2000年，那一年贫困的父母将她卖给开罗市的一户富人家。
It learned during the depression that even a rich country can become impoverished if it fails to use its wealth to benefit the majority.
但在大萧条时期美国人懂得了如果一个国家不把财富造福社会，即使再富有也会遭受贫困。
Giambattista Vico was the anachronistic and impoverished Neapolitan philosopher sometimes credited with founding the human sciences.
维柯是不合时宜和贫困那不勒斯哲学家有时与人文科学的创始记。
Orwell was thus brought up in an atmosphere of impoverished snobbery.
奥威尔在穷酸的氛围中被带大。
They were less than half as likely to come from an impoverished family as an average adult man from the general population.
他们出身于贫困家庭的几率比一般男性少一半。

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