impoverish

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make poor. transitive
  2. To weaken in quality; to deprive of some strength or richness. transitive
    — That exuberant crop quickly impoverishes any fertile soil.
  3. To become poor. intransitive

词形变化

impoverishes present,singular,third-person impoverishing participle,present impoverished participle,past impoverished past

词汇关系

近义词
beggar depauperate depauperize destitute embeggar empoverish immiserate impoor impoverish pauperize poor poverish ruin
反义词
enrich
上位词
deprive
下位词
bankrupt
衍生词
impoverishee impoverisher impoverishment

词源

From Middle English empoverishen, impoverishen, empoverischen, enpoverisshen, Anglo-Norman empoveriss-, from Old French empoverir, from em- + povre, from Latin pauper (“poor”) (English poor).
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