学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 2856 impoverished

今天我们要学的词是impoverished¹。Impoverished形容词，意思是贫困的、枯竭的 。North Korea, desperate for foreign currency, has sent tens of thousands of its impoverished citizens to cities and towns across Russia to work at construction sites. 迫切需要外汇的朝鲜派遣了成千上万名贫困潦倒的本国公民到俄罗斯各地城镇，在建筑工地务工。The two Yemeni military sources said many newly-recruited pro-government soldiers were injured in the latest car bomb attack in the impoverished Arab country. 两名也门军队的知情人员表示，这个贫困阿拉伯国家最近一次发生的汽车炸弹袭击，导致许多新招的支持政府的士兵受伤。好的，我们今天学习的词是impoverished, impoverished, impoverished...
 

1 impoverished   

adj.穷困的，无力的，用尽了的v.使（某人）贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 )；使（某物）贫瘠或恶化

参考例句：

• the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
• They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》