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

• They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition
  他们长时间开火，耗尽了弹药。
• There's nothing like a stress-filled week to seriously deplete all of your energy.
  没有什么能像压力重重的一周那样严重耗尽你的所有能量。
• Meeting of the parties to the 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缔约方会议；
• Did they deplete the bamboo resources themselves?
  还是他们把竹子消耗殆尽了？
• Reflexively, the producer may slow or stall if the consumer cannot deplete the pool quickly enough.
  另一方面，如果消费者无法足够快地读取池，生产者必须慢下来或暂停。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。