deplete
/dɪˈpliːt/verb
with obj.[often as adj. depleted]
1- reduce the number or quantity of减少:
fish stocks are severely depleted.
鱼的库存量严重减少。
1.1
- no obj. diminish in number or quantity缩减:
supplies are depleting fast.
补给正在很快缩减。
1.2
- exhaust使精疲力竭:
avoid getting depleted and depressed.
避免使自己精疲力竭和意志消沉。
派生词
depletion
noun词源
early 19th cent.: from Latin deplet- 'emptied out', from the verb deplere, from de- (expressing reversal) + plere fill (from plenus 'full').