pauperize sb/sth
The economic crisis pauperized many rural families.
经济危机使许多农村家庭变得贫穷。
使贫困；使沦为穷人
使贫困；使赤贫。；使成贫穷；使成为受救济者
使贫困；使赤贫。
To make someone a pauper; to impoverish.
一般现在时
The new policy pauperizes many families.
新政策使许多家庭变成穷光蛋。
一般过去时
The war pauperized the entire region.
战争使整个地区陷入贫困。
现在完成时
Decades of neglect have pauperized the once prosperous town.
几十年的忽视使曾经繁荣的城镇变成了贫民窟。
及物动词，意为使贫困，常用于被动或描述经济政策的影响。
The new tax policy will pauperize many middle-class families.
新的税收政策将使许多中产阶级家庭陷入贫困。
用法提示：这里pauperize用作及物动词，表示使某人变得贫穷。
Years of war pauperized the once-prosperous region.
多年的战争使这个曾经繁荣的地区变得一贫如洗。
用法提示：pauperized是过去式，描述过去的动作导致贫困状态。
The government's austerity measures are pauperizing the working class.
政府的紧缩政策正在使工人阶级贫困化。
用法提示：pauperizing是现在分词，表示正在进行的使贫穷的动作。
The economic crisis pauperized many rural families.
经济危机使许多农村家庭变得贫穷。
常用于被动语态，强调主体被外部因素导致贫困。
They were pauperized by the new tax policies.
他们被新税收政策弄得一贫如洗。
The war pauperized the entire region to beggary.
战争使整个地区沦为乞丐之地。
grammar · medium
易错句子The economic crisis paupered many families.
正确表达The economic crisis pauperized many families.
“pauper” 是名词，表示“穷人”，不能用作动词。应使用动词 “pauperize” 表示“使贫穷”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The new tax policy will pauperize.
正确表达The new tax policy will pauperize the middle class.
“pauperize” 是及物动词，后面必须接宾语；缺少宾语会导致句子不完整。
pauperize强调沦为乞丐，impoverish指一般的贫困化
pauperize是动词，pauper是名词，不能用作动词
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