depopulate

英[ˌdiː'pɒpjuleɪt] 美[ˌdiː'pɑːpjuleɪt]
  • vt. 使人口减少
depopulation depopulated depopulated depopulating depopulates
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Verb:
  1. reduce in population;

    "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"

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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