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

• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition
  他们长时间开火，耗尽了弹药。
• Given that many substances that deplete the ozone layer are also potent greenhouse gases, the Montreal Protocol 'provided substantial co-benefits by reducing climate change,' it added.
  报告还指出，鉴于许多损耗臭氧层的物质也是很强的温室气体，《蒙特利尔议定书》“通过减缓气候变化带来了实质性的衍生利益”。
• Did they deplete the bamboo resources themselves?
  还是他们把竹子消耗殆尽了？
• 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。
• 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 goal of radiosurgery is to deplete tumor cells while preserving normal structures.
  放射外科治疗的目标是使瘤细胞萎缩而保护正常细胞。
• 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。