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depopulate

/ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪt/ /ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪt/
  • 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

  1. 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》
  2. 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
  • depopulate
    de- +‎ populate