immiseration
noun [ U ] formal uk/ɪˌmɪz.əˈreɪ.ʃən/ us/ɪˌmɪz.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
贫困化
the act of making people, a country, an organization, etc. poor, or the fact of being poor
The analysis pointed toward the immiseration of the labouring classes. 这项分析揭示了劳动阶级的贫困化。
It is a myth that Third World immiseration forms the decisive cause for migration towards Europe or North America. 有一种虽则普遍却并无根据的观点认为，第三世界的贫困化是向欧洲或北美移民的主导原因。
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- Marx's immiseration thesis held that growth in a capitalist economy inevitably impoverished most people while enriching a few.
- The increasing immiseration of proto-industrial workers was due as much to their irregularity of employment as to the low wages they received while in employment.
- Beyond some point of immiseration, the provision of circuses stops working on the masses.