depopulate

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌdiːˈpɒp.jə.leɪt]
• 美式音标 [ˌdiːˈpɑː.pjə.leɪt]
• 国际音标 [,di:'pɔpjuleit]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• vt. 使人口减少
• vi. 人口减少

同根派生

• n性质的同根词

  depopulation：人口减少；灭绝。

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英汉例句

• The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
  饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。
• The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
  饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。
• King Ptolemy prohibited Hegesias from lecturing , lest he depopulate the country.
  国王托勒密因此禁止何基西亚斯讲课, 以避免其哲学使国家人口下降. )
• Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated.
  一片片土地荒芜，人口减少。
• Ever higher dues ruined trade and depopulated towns.
  越来越高的苛捐杂税使商业凋敝,城镇人口减少.

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• to cause a country or area to have fewer people living in it

柯林斯英英字典

• To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.
• depopulated

• depopulate剑桥字典
• depopulate柯林斯字典

专业释义

经济学

• 人口减少