deplete
verb /dɪˈpliːt/
/dɪˈpliːt/
[transitive, usually passive, intransitive] (formal)动词形式
| 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/ |
- 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。
- Intensive fishing is depleting fish stocks in the North Sea.
密集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.
含氯氟烃是广泛使用的化合物，会耗尽地球的臭氧层。 - Our cash reserves are being depleted at an alarming rate.
我们的现金储备正以惊人的速度耗尽。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- seriously
- severely
- quickly
- …
词源early 19th cent.: from Latin deplet- ‘emptied out’, from the verb deplere, from de- (expressing reversal) + plere ‘fill’ (from plenus ‘full’). - Food supplies were severely depleted.