单词 | impoverish |
释义 | im·pov·er·ish (ĭm-pŏvər-ĭsh, -pŏvrĭsh) tr.v. im·pov·er·ished, im·pov·er·ish·ing, im·pov·er·ish·es 1. To reduce to poverty; make poor. 2. To deprive of richness or strength: impoverish the soil by overuse. [Middle English empoverishen, from Old French empovrir, empovriss- : en-, causative pref.; see EN-1 + povre, poor (from Latin pauper; see PAUPER).] im·pover·ish·ment n. |
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