impoverishment
noun formal uk/ɪmˈpɒv.ər.ɪʃ.mənt/ us/ɪmˈpɑː.vɚ.ɪʃ.mənt/
[ U ]贫穷;贫困化
the condition of being or becoming very poor, or the act of making someone very poor
The drought reduced many farmers to impoverishment. 旱灾害得许多农民变成穷人。
Progress has meant continued impoverishment and a growing contrast between the wealth of the few and the poverty of the many. 进步意味着持续的贫困化，造成了愈演愈烈的反差，一边是少数人的富裕，另一边是多数人的贫穷。
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- There was widespread impoverishment of tenants and small farmers.
- Solidly middle-class Americans still face impoverishment following a serious illness.
- The intellectual impoverishment of politics in this country is shameful.
- They could only lament the impoverishment of their resources.
See: impoverished