英 [ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪt] 美 [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
depopulate /dɪˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt/ TEM8 [ depopulating depopulated depopulates ]
及物动词 To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there. 使(某地)人口减少
The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
饥荒威胁着该大陆人口数量。
形容词
...a small, rural, and depopulated part of the south-west.
...西南部一个人烟稀少的乡下小地方。
人口减少
... hurdle n.障碍,跳栏,临时活动篱笆 depopulate v.(使)人口减少 resilient v.(指人的性格)能迅速恢复或重新振作的;达观的;适应性强的 ...
... repopulate 使人民重新居住于… depopulate 使人口减少，减少人口 popularity 大众性，通俗性 ...
... repopulate 使人民重新居住于… depopulate 使人口减少，减少人口 popularity 大众性，通俗性 ...
depopulation 人口减少；灭绝
The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
饥荒威胁着该大陆人口数量。
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。
Others are more exotic: sterilizing feral cats and then releasing them back to their colonies so they depopulate themselves.