depopulate

[di:'pɔpjuleit]

vt. 使人口减少

词形变化：

名词: depopulation | 动词过去式: depopulated | 动词过去分词: depopulated | 动词现在分词: depopulating | 动词第三人称单数: depopulates |

vt.

(战争、疾病等)使人口减少; 灭绝(某地)人口

vi.

人口减少

depopulate

过去式：depopulated

过去分词：depopulated

现在进行时：depopulating

词形变化：

名词: depopulation | 动词过去式: depopulated | 动词过去分词: depopulated | 动词现在分词: depopulating | 动词第三人称单数: depopulates |

depopulate[,di:'pɔpjuleit]vt.1.■(如用毁灭或驱逐的方法)灭绝(某地)的人口；(战争、疾病等)使(某地)人口减少：The conquerors depopulated the enemy's country by destruction and expulsion.征服者用毁灭和驱逐的方法来减少敌国的人口。2.■[废语]劫掠；蹂躏；使荒芜vi.1.■人口减少adj.1.■[古语]人口减少的变形vt.depopulateddepopulating

1. [with obj.]substantially reduce the population of (an area)
   大量减少（某地区）的人口
   the disease could depopulate a town the size of Bournemouth.
   这种疾病可以使像伯恩茅斯这么大的市镇人口剧减。
   

1. mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'ravage, lay waste'): from Latin depopulat- 'ravaged', from the verb depopulari, from de- 'completely' + populari 'lay waste' (from populus 'people')
   

depopulate

动词 depopulate:

reduce in population

同义词：desolate

depopulate

■King Ptolemy prohibited Hegesias from lecturing, lest he depopulate the country.

国王托勒密因此禁止何基西亚斯讲课，以避免其哲学使国家人口下降。）

■If incidence is too high, depopulate herd

如果发病率太高,应使牛群减少

■To reduce sharply the population of(an area); depopulate.

急剧减少（一个地区）的人口；使没有居民