depleting

英 [dɪˈpliːtɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈpliːtɪŋ]

v.  大量减少; 耗尽; 使枯竭
deplete的现在分词

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。

双语例句

• The power glove has been depleting my life.
  “拳神手套”一直在损耗我的生命。
• Petrel and her sisters did their work too well, depleting some whale species and nearly exterminating the blue.
  和她的姐妹工作得非常彻底，捕光了一些鲸鱼种群，几乎快灭绝掉蓝鲸。
• This is a song about overpopulation and the depleting of our resources.
  这首歌是关于当今人口过剩和资源消耗等问题的。
• Overexploitation accelerates the rate of depleting energy resources in the world.
  对资源的过度开发加快了世界上能源消耗的速度。
• Aging, being a series of continual losses, can be keenly depleting.
  老龄化，作为一个系列的连续亏损，可以清楚地消耗。
• Potentially ozone ( layer)-depleting substance
  可能消耗臭氧层物质
• With the increase of the number of large space buildings, the kind of building is depleting more and more energy.
  随着大空间公共建筑建设量的增大，其对能源的消耗也越来越高。
• Their manure contains phosphorus, which, when it rains, runs off into lakes and estuaries, depleting oxygen, killing fish, stimulating algae overgrowth and emitting greenhouse gases.
  它们的排泄物含有磷，下雨的时候，将被冲刷进入湖中和江河口，耗尽水中的氧气，杀死鱼类，刺激藻类的生长，并且释放温室气体。
• Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence, in a report tabled last month, had commented adversely on the depleting squadron strength of the IAF, calling for immediate acquisitions and upgrades.
  国会防务发言人在上月的一个报告中强烈批评了IAF空中力量的损耗，并呼吁对此进行迅速的补充和升级。
• The depleting and diluting tendency of phosphate rock in main mines in China is described.
  介绍我国主要磷矿区资源贫化趋势，对原因进行了分析。