单词impoverished
adj.: 赤贫的；不名一文的；贫乏的；贫瘠的
v.: “impoverish”的过去式和过去分词
网络: 穷困的；贫困的；贫穷的
赤贫的；不名一文的:
very poor; without money
贫乏的；贫瘠的；枯竭的:
poor in quality, because sth is missing
贫化的
贫瘠的
adj.+n.:
impoverished province,family impoverished
adj.needypenuriouspoorpennilessdisadvantaged
adj.rich
I mean, there may be 100 explanations for why Haiti is the impoverished nation it is, but there is no excuse to see that sort of squalor.
我是说，即使有100条理由解释为什么海地是那样贫穷，它也没有理由那样的破败不堪。
Given that most MDR-TB occurs in impoverished countries, this expensive treatment is often not an option.
然而大部份多重抗药性结核病发生在贫穷国家，这个昂贵的疗法常常不纳入考虑。
China has worked out a plan to turn its vast impoverished western region into a promising land.
中国目前已出台计划，拟将贫瘠的大西部改造成为富饶的土地。
EVEN at 70, Jiyem, an Indonesian grandmother, gets up in the small hours to cook and collect firewood for her impoverished household.
印度尼西亚的老妇人Jiyem尽管已年逾古稀，仍然凌晨起来为生活贫苦的一家人做饭、收拾柴火。
Were he to see off today"s uprising, he would be left ruling over an isolated, impoverished and angry country.
如果他能预见如今的起义，他会安于统治一个闭塞、贫困、民怨沸腾的国家。
He said he hopes any sanctions, however, would target the country"s leaders and not strike at its impoverished people.
他说，他希望任何制裁，然而，将目标的国家的领导人，而不是罢工在它的贫困人口。
They were less than half as likely to come from an impoverished family as an average adult man from the general population.
他们出身于贫困家庭的几率比一般男性少一半。
He said that military means alone would not be enough and that there has to be the promise of a better life for impoverished Afghans.
仅仅采取军事手段是远远不够的，同时也是对贫苦的阿富汗人提供一种美好生活的承诺。
On the face of it, it is a humanitarian response to the floods that have devastated the north-west part of the impoverished North.
从表面上看，这只不过是一项人道主义举措，旨在援助贫穷的北朝鲜被洪水毁坏的西北地区。
But despite the fact that they were "pretty impoverished" , he says it was an "idyllic" period of time.
“尽管生活贫困，”他说：“那时期的生活充满了田园气息。”