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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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
  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

• 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。
• Being chronically angry, frustrated, or apprehensive can deplete your physical resources.
  长期生气、沮丧或惴惴不安都会耗尽人体资源。
• 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
• With a small number of requests, the attacker can deplete the application's thread pool.
  通过很少数量的请求，攻击者可以耗尽应用程序的线程池。
• 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。
• 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
• Did they deplete the bamboo resources themselves?
  还是他们把竹子消耗殆尽了？
• There's nothing like a stress-filled week to seriously deplete all of your energy.
  没有什么能像压力重重的一周那样严重耗尽你的所有能量。
• Elastic collisions deplete very little of the electron's energy.
  弹性碰撞中电子减少的能量非常少。
• It's safer and it won't deplete your bank account.
  这份工作更安全，又不会耗尽你的银行存款。