Word · Frequency #23039
impoverishment
贫困；贫穷
核心释义
the state of being very poor, with little or no money or possessions
- 1.
使某人贫穷的行为
The action of impoverishing someone.
- 2.
贫困:几乎没有金钱或物质财产的状态
the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions
- 3.
贫穷的状态
The state of being impoverished.
- 4.
使人贫困的行为:使他人变穷的行为
the act of making someone poor
使贫穷；致贫；使某人贫穷的行为；贫困:几乎没有金钱或物质财产的状态；贫穷的状态；使人贫困的行为:使他人变穷的行为
用法In use
The drought caused the impoverishment of the entire village.
用法提示：impoverishment 是名词，表示“贫困化”，在句中作动词 caused 的宾语。
Rising housing costs have contributed to the impoverishment of young professionals.
用法提示：impoverishment 是名词，表示“贫困化”，在句中作 contributed to 的宾语。
After her business failed, she faced a long period of impoverishment.
用法提示：impoverishment 是名词，表示“贫困的状态”，在句中作介词 of 的宾语。
the impoverishment of sb/sth
介词 of 后接变穷或变贫瘠的对象；of 短语作后置定语，表示动作的承受者。
The impoverishment of the soil has reduced crop yields.
土壤的贫瘠化降低了作物产量。
sb's/sth's impoverishment
这里的所有格不表示“拥有”，而是表示处于贫困状态的主体；也可以改写为 the impoverishment of the family。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- economic impoverishment
- 经济贫困
- The crisis led to widespread economic impoverishment.这场危机导致了广泛的经济贫困。
- widespread impoverishment
- 普遍贫困
- Widespread impoverishment is a serious social problem in the region.普遍贫困是该地区一个严重的社会问题。
- rural impoverishment
- 农村贫困化
- Rural impoverishment has driven many farmers to seek work in cities.农村贫困化驱使许多农民到城市找工作。
- spiritual impoverishment
- 精神贫乏
- They lamented the spiritual impoverishment of modern life.他们感叹现代生活的精神贫乏。
- intellectual impoverishment
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记住它中间藏着poverty（贫困）的影子：im使成 + pover贫穷 + ish动词化 + ment名词，画面是某人被一步步拖入赤贫，就是impoverishment。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：经济学文献、政策报告、学术论文 impoverishment 是较正式的书面词，多用于正式或学术语境。它既可表示‘使人贫穷的行为’，也可表示‘贫困的状态’；日常口语中通常更常用 poverty 或 make somebody poor。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common true rhyme: the stressed sequence /ˈpɑːvrɪʃ/ has no match. Lookalikes punishment /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/ and nourishment /ˈnɜːrɪʃmənt/ share only the suffix /ɪʃmənt/ with different stress; astonishment /əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/ has the same stress and /ɑː/ but not the /vr/ cluster. Impoverish and poverty match the spelling/semantics, not the rhyme.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.