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　

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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
  1. Food supplies were severely depleted.
     食物供应已严重不足。

柯林斯词典

• VERB （大量）减少，消耗
  Todepletea stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
  1. ...substances that deplete the ozone layer...
     大量消耗臭氧层的物质
  2. They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition...
     他们长时间开火，耗尽了弹药。
  3. 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。

英英释义

verb

• use up (resources or materials)
  1. this car consumes a lot of gas
  2. We exhausted our savings
  3. They run through 20 bottles of wine a week
  Synonym:consumeeat upuse upeatexhaustrun throughwipe out

双语例句

• 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。
• 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
• 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”。
• Trust Fund for the Interim Multilateral Fund under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
  根据关于消耗臭氧层物质的蒙特利尔议定书设立的临时多边基金的信托基金
• They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition
  他们长时间开火，耗尽了弹药。
• There are also other initiatives being pushed in Europe to control and curtail resources that may damage or deplete the environment.
  还有其他一些举措，推动在欧洲，以控制和减少资源，可能会损坏或消耗的环境。
• But unsustainable cropping practices further deplete soils, so that the amount removed through harvesting crops, soil erosion and other factors, exceeds the amounts put in through fertilisers.
  但是不可持续的作物种植方式进一步耗尽了土壤，因此收获农作物、土壤侵蚀和其他因素导致的磷流失超过了化肥输入的磷。
• The goal of radiosurgery is to deplete tumor cells while preserving normal structures.
  放射外科治疗的目标是使瘤细胞萎缩而保护正常细胞。
• 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。
• Stress may deplete vitamin C in your body, as can smoking, drinking and a.
  生活紧张会耗尽你体内的维生素c。