deplete

英[dɪ'pliːt] 美[dɪ'pliːt]
  • vt. 耗尽；使空竭
depletable depleted depleted depleting depletes
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详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. 使减少，使贫乏，消耗，损耗，耗尽，耗竭，用尽
    2. 弄耗尽…的资源、资金、精力等，使枯竭
    3. 【医】减液，放血
    4. 使衰竭
    5. 使空虚
    6. 把弄空
    7. 【核物理学】使贫化
    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 〈正〉使大大地减少；使空虚 lessen greatly in amount,contents,etc.

英英释义

Verb:
  1. use up (resources or materials);

    "this car consumes a lot of gas"
    "We exhausted our savings"
    "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"

双语例句

1. Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources.
耗尽世界的自然资源毋庸置疑是愚蠢的经济行为。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The contraceptive pill is the worst offender, but it is not the only drug to deplete the body's vitamin levels.
避孕药的危害最大，但是它并不是唯一一种消耗体内维生素的药物。

来自柯林斯例句

3. It will deplete its cash balance by repaying last week's loan.
它会因偿付它上周的借款而耗尽它的现金余额.

来自辞典例句

4. Elastic collisions deplete very little of the electron's energy.
弹性碰撞中电子减少的能量非常少.

来自辞典例句

5. Evapotranspiration may deplete the soil moisture and rob supplies of ground water.
蒸发蒸腾作用能消耗土壤水分,减少地下水的水量供应.

来自辞典例句

    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. Our stock of food is greatly depleted.
      我们的食物储备已消耗殆尽。
    2. Mankind must take care not to deplete the earth of its natural resources.
      人类必须注意，切莫耗尽地球上的自然资源。
    3. Wars in the region have depleted the country's food supplies.
      这个地区的战争使国家的粮食供应空乏。
    4. This expense has depleted our funds.
      这笔花费已使我们的资金所剩无几。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+ ～+n./pron.
    1. Our supplies of food are rather depleted.
      我们的食品供应大大地减少了。

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depletion depict depleted deplete of depletetable depleted yin depleted cost depleted soil depleted mines depleted value depleted brine depleted blood
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