deplete
英 [dɪˈpliːt]
美 [dɪˈpliːt]
v. 大量减少; 耗尽; 使枯竭
过去分词:depleted 现在分词:depleting 第三人称单数:depletes 过去式:depleted
Collins.2 / BNC.11772 / COCA.10191
牛津词典
verb
- 大量减少;耗尽;使枯竭
to reduce sth by a large amount so that there is not enough left- Food supplies were severely depleted.
食物供应已严重不足。
- Food supplies were severely depleted.
柯林斯词典
- VERB (大量)减少,消耗
Todepletea stock or amount of something means to reduce it.- ...substances that deplete the ozone layer...
大量消耗臭氧层的物质 - They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition...
他们长时间开火,耗尽了弹药。 - Most native mammal species have been severely depleted.
大多数本地哺乳动物的数量都已经大大减少了。
- ...substances that deplete the ozone layer...
英英释义
verb
- 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
- They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition
他们长时间开火,耗尽了弹药。 - Most native mammal species have been severely depleted.
大多数本地哺乳动物的数量都已经大大减少了。 - 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。 - Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
关于消耗臭氧层物质的蒙特利尔议定书 - 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。 - The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer which last year achieved universal ratification GetWord(" ratification"); is an excellent example of this process.
去年得到普遍批准的《关于消耗臭氧层物质的蒙特利尔议定书》,就是这一进程中的一个极佳典范。 - 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。 - The more continuously we work without a break, the more we deplete our capacity to make rational, reflective decisions.
我们越是不休息长时间地工作,就越容易耗尽我们的能力,让我们不能做出合理的、能够反应问题的决定。 - Given that many substances that deplete the ozone layer are also potent greenhouse gases, the Montreal Protocol 'provided substantial co-benefits by reducing climate change,' it added.
报告还指出,鉴于许多损耗臭氧层的物质也是很强的温室气体,《蒙特利尔议定书》“通过减缓气候变化带来了实质性的衍生利益”。 - Did they deplete the bamboo resources themselves?
还是他们把竹子消耗殆尽了?