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　

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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
  1. Food supplies were severely depleted.
     食物供应已严重不足。

柯林斯词典

• VERB （大量）减少，消耗
  Todepletea stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
  1. ...substances that deplete the ozone layer...
     大量消耗臭氧层的物质
  2. They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition...
     他们长时间开火，耗尽了弹药。
  3. 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。

英英释义

verb

• use up (resources or materials)
  1. this car consumes a lot of gas
  2. We exhausted our savings
  3. They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
  Synonym:consumeeat upuse upeatexhaustrun throughwipe out

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer which last year achieved universal ratification GetWord(" ratification"); is an excellent example of this process.
  去年得到普遍批准的《关于消耗臭氧层物质的蒙特利尔议定书》，就是这一进程中的一个极佳典范。
• Evapotranspiration may deplete the soil moisture and rob supplies of ground water.
  蒸发蒸腾作用能消耗土壤水分，减少地下水的水量供应。
• Technical cooperation trust fund to assist implementation of the Montreal Protocol on substance that Deplete the ozone layer in developing countries;
  协助发展中国家执行关于消耗臭氧层物质的蒙特利尔议定书的技术合作信托基金；
• Stress may deplete vitamin C in your body, as can smoking, drinking and a.
  生活紧张会耗尽你体内的维生素c。
• Did they deplete the bamboo resources themselves?
  还是他们把竹子消耗殆尽了？
• So they bill these expenses to their credit card or deplete savings.
  所以就他们就把它们划给了行用卡或用光储蓄。
• Mankind must take care not to deplete the earth of its natural resources.
  人类必须注意，切莫耗尽地球上的自然资源。
• The contraceptive pill is the worst offender, but it is not the only drug to deplete the body's vitamin levels.
  避孕药的危害最大，但是它并不是唯一一种消耗体内维生素的药物。