immiserate
verb [ T ] formal uk/ɪˈmɪz.ə.reɪt/ us/ɪˈmɪz.ə.reɪt/
使贫困化
to make people, a country, an organization, etc. poor
It looked like unregulated capitalism had cruelly immiserated America. 不加约束的资本主义似乎残酷地造成了美国的贫困化。
He wrote that liberalism is simply a way to allow corporations and the oligarchy to slowly immiserate the majority of humanity for their own gain. 他写道,自由主义其实就是一种手段,让大公司和寡头组织为了自己的私利而逐渐导致大多数人的贫困化。
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- Marx's concept of capitalist development immiserating those at the bottom was gaining credence.
- British and northern conservatives concluded that capitalism must inexorably immiserate the labouring classes.
- Perhaps the future will see an immiserated proletariat.