貧窮,窮困
Impoverishment \Im*pov"er*ish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. empoverissement, and F. appauvrissement.] The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty. --Sir W. Scott.
impoverishment n 1: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions [syn: {poverty}, {poorness}] [ant: {wealth}] 2: the act of making someone poor [syn: {pauperization}, {pauperisation}]