中英互译
depopulate
英 /ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪt/美 /ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪt/
基本释义
- vt.使人口减少
- vi.人口减少
第三人称单数depopulates
现在分词depopulating
过去式depopulated
过去分词depopulated
双语例句
- The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.饥荒威胁着该大陆人口数量。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- Keep in mind: at the start of this century, many experts predicted that AIDS would depopulate the African region, raising the prospect of state failure in the hardest-hit places.要知道,本世纪之初时,许多专家曾预言艾滋病将使非洲区域人口减少,并指出受影响最严重地区的国家将面临失败的前景。
同根词
n.
depopulation人口减少;灭绝
英英释义
- v.reduce in population
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。
- depopulate减少人口词根词缀: de-向下,减少 + -popul-人民 + -ate动词词尾
- depopulatede- + populate