depopulate
英 [diː'pɒpjʊleɪt]
美[,di'pɑpjulet]
- vt. 使人口减少
- vi. 人口减少
词态变化
第三人称单数: depopulates;过去式: depopulated;过去分词: depopulated;现在分词: depopulating;名词: depopulation;
中文词源
depopulate 使人口减少
de-, 不，非，使相反。populate, 人口聚居。即使人口减少。
英文词源
- depopulate (v.)
- 1540s; see de- + populate. Perhaps from Latin depopulatus, past participle of depopulari "to lay waste, ravage." Related: Depopulated; depopulating. Earlier in same sense was dispeplen (early 15c.).
双语例句
- 1. The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
- 饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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. )
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