Translations for „impoverish“ in the English » German Dictionary

im·pov·er·ish [ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ, Am -ˈpɑ:vɚ-] VB trans

1. impoverish (make poor):

to impoverish sb

jdn arm machen

2. impoverish fig (deplete):

to impoverish the soil

den Boden auslaugen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to impoverish the soil

den Boden auslaugen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

These WTO rules were meant to benefit the developed countries and further impoverish developing nations.

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Curiously, the ministers who want to end this relief are those who protest that green taxes impoverish the most needy.

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However, farm subsidies in developed countries push down food prices and impoverish third-world farmers.

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