Word
pauperise
使沦为乞丐;使赤贫
核心释义
reduce to beggary
- 1.
使沦为乞丐;使贫困
reduce to beggary
使沦为乞丐;使贫困;<主英> = pauperize
用法In use
The economic crisis pauperises many families.
用法提示:pauperises 是动词第三人称单数形式,表示“使赤贫”。
The war pauperised the entire region.
用法提示:pauperised 是动词过去式,表示“使沦为乞丐/赤贫”。
Policies that keep pauperising the working class are unsustainable.
用法提示:pauperising 是动词现在分词,表示持续地使贫穷。
pauperise sb/sth
The economic crisis pauperised many families.
经济危机使许多家庭赤贫化。
be pauperised by sth
The once prosperous town was pauperised by the collapse of industry.
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
- pauperize
- 使赤贫(美式拼写) · pauperize是pauperise的美式拼写,意义相同,但英美拼写不同。
- pauper
- 乞丐;穷人 · pauper是名词,指赤贫的人;pauperise是动词,表示使成为赤贫。
- impoverish
- 使贫困 · impoverish强调使变得贫穷,但不一定到行乞的程度;pauperise强调沦为乞丐、赤贫。
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