impoverished

貧困に陥った、困窮した

貧しくなり、生活に必要なものを買うお金も足りない。

やさしい英語で： Having become very poor and lacking money for basic needs.

• The war left many families impoverished.
• Aid reached the most impoverished villages.
• She grew up in an impoverished household.

類義語： poor, destitute, penniless

反対語： wealthy, rich

よく使う表現： impoverished families, impoverished communities, impoverished country

乏しい、痩せた

良い状態や健康を保つための多様さ、質、力に欠けている。

やさしい英語で： Lacking the variety, quality, or strength needed to be good or healthy.

• Crops grow poorly in impoverished soil.
• An impoverished diet affected the children's health.
• The film presents an impoverished view of human relationships.

類義語： poor, deficient

反対語： rich

よく使う表現： impoverished soil, impoverished culture, impoverished diet

欠乏した、減少した

役立つ部分や特徴を失い、残っているものが少なくなった。

やさしい英語で： Having lost useful parts or features, so that fewer remain.

• The language has an impoverished inflectional system.
• Repeated filtering left the sample impoverished of minerals.
• Their simplified model contains an impoverished set of features.

使い方： impoverished of something (The soil was impoverished of essential minerals.)

類義語： depleted, reduced

反対語： enriched

よく使う表現： impoverished inflectional system, impoverished of something, impoverished structure

種数の少ない

含まれる動物や植物の種類が少ない。

やさしい英語で： Containing only a small number of different kinds of animals or plants.

• The island has an impoverished fauna.
• Researchers found an impoverished fossil assemblage in this layer.
• The polluted stream supports an impoverished community of aquatic species.

類義語： species-poor

反対語： species-rich

よく使う表現： impoverished fauna, impoverished flora, impoverished fossil assemblage