deplete
英 [dɪˈpliːt]
美 [dɪˈpliːt]
v. 大量减少; 耗尽; 使枯竭
过去分词：depleted 现在分词：depleting 第三人称单数：depletes 过去式：depleted
Collins.2 / BNC.11772 / COCA.10191
牛津词典
verb
- 大量减少；耗尽；使枯竭
to reduce sth by a large amount so that there is not enough left- Food supplies were severely depleted.
食物供应已严重不足。
- Food supplies were severely depleted.
柯林斯词典
- VERB （大量）减少，消耗
Todepletea stock or amount of something means to reduce it.- ...substances that deplete the ozone layer...
大量消耗臭氧层的物质 - They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition...
他们长时间开火，耗尽了弹药。 - Most native mammal species have been severely depleted.
大多数本地哺乳动物的数量都已经大大减少了。
- ...substances that deplete the ozone layer...
英英释义
verb
- use up (resources or materials)
- this car consumes a lot of gas
- We exhausted our savings
- They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
双语例句
- Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
关于消耗臭氧层物质的蒙特利尔议定书 - These chemicals are thought to deplete the ozone layer.
这些化学物质被认为是会破坏臭氧层的。 - It will deplete its cash balance by repaying last week's loan.
它会因偿付它上周的借款而耗尽它的现金余额。 - If we can draw a larger number over to our side, this will deplete the enemy's ranks and strengthen ours.
假如我们能够从他们队伍中多拉一些人出来，那敌人的队伍就减少了，我们的队伍就扩大了。 - Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources
耗尽世界的自然资源毋庸置疑是愚蠢的经济行为。 - Elastic collisions deplete very little of the electron's energy.
弹性碰撞中电子减少的能量非常少。 - Emotional trauma is one of the quickest and easiest ways to deplete your energy reserves in an instant.
感情上的创伤是最快也是最简单的在霎那间耗尽你能量的方法。 - Being chronically angry, frustrated, or apprehensive can deplete your physical resources.
长期生气、沮丧或惴惴不安都会耗尽人体资源。 - It's safer and it won't deplete your bank account.
这份工作更安全，又不会耗尽你的银行存款。 - But unsustainable cropping practices further deplete soils, so that the amount removed through harvesting crops, soil erosion and other factors, exceeds the amounts put in through fertilisers.
但是不可持续的作物种植方式进一步耗尽了土壤，因此收获农作物、土壤侵蚀和其他因素导致的磷流失超过了化肥输入的磷。