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单词 deplete
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de·plete

verb
/dɪˈpliːt/
/dɪˈpliːt/
[transitive, usually passive, intransitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they deplete
/dɪˈpliːt/
/dɪˈpliːt/
he / she / it depletes
/dɪˈpliːts/
/dɪˈpliːts/
past simple depleted
/dɪˈpliːtɪd/
/dɪˈpliːtɪd/
past participle depleted
/dɪˈpliːtɪd/
/dɪˈpliːtɪd/
-ing form depleting
/dɪˈpliːtɪŋ/
/dɪˈpliːtɪŋ/
  1. deplete (something) to reduce something by a large amount so that there is not enough left; to be reduced by a large amount大量减少;耗尽;使枯竭
    • Food supplies were severely depleted.食物供应已严重不足。
    • Supplies are depleting fast.补给正在很快缩减。
    Extra Examples
    • Intensive fishing is depleting fish stocks in the North Sea.集约化捕捞正在耗尽北海的鱼类资源。
    • CFCs were widely used compounds which depleted the earth's ozone layer.氟氯化碳是广泛使用的化合物,会消耗地球的臭氧层。
    • Our cash reserves are being depleted at an alarming rate.我们的现金储备正在以惊人的速度耗尽。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • seriously
    • severely
    • quickly
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Latin deplet- ‘emptied out’, from the verb deplere, from de- (expressing reversal) + plere ‘fill’ (from plenus ‘full’).
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