deplete
美音:
[dıp´li:t
]英音:
[dıp´li:t
]vt.耗尽,使衰竭
难易程度:
deplete为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:depleted 过去分词:depleted 现在分词:depleting 第三人称单数:depletes 形容词:depletable
词根
plen,plete,ple,pli,ply=to fill(充满),full(满的)
deplete
/dɪ'pli:t; dɪ`plit/
v [Tn, Tn.pr] reduce greatly the quantity, size, power or value of (sth) 大量削减(某物)的数量、能力或价值; 消耗
*Our stock of food is greatly depleted. 我们的食物储备已消耗殆尽.
* This expense has depleted our funds. 这笔花费已使我们的资金所剩无几.
* a lake depleted of fish, ie with many of the fish gone 几乎无鱼的湖.
deplete
v [T usually passive]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Latin;Origin: depletus, past participle of deplere, from plere 'to fill']
to reduce the amount of something that is present or available
Salmon populations have been severely depleted .
>depletion [dɪ'pliːʃən/