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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition
  他们长时间开火，耗尽了弹药。
• There are also other initiatives being pushed in Europe to control and curtail resources that may damage or deplete the environment.
  还有其他一些举措，推动在欧洲，以控制和减少资源，可能会损坏或消耗的环境。
• 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。
• The more continuously we work without a break, the more we deplete our capacity to make rational, reflective decisions.
  我们越是不休息长时间地工作，就越容易耗尽我们的能力，让我们不能做出合理的、能够反应问题的决定。
• 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。
• Trust Fund for the Interim Multilateral Fund under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
  根据关于消耗臭氧层物质的蒙特利尔议定书设立的临时多边基金的信托基金
• 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；