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

• So they bill these expenses to their credit card or deplete savings.
  所以就他们就把它们划给了行用卡或用光储蓄。
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition
  他们长时间开火，耗尽了弹药。
• 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。
• 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。
• Did they deplete the bamboo resources themselves?
  还是他们把竹子消耗殆尽了？
• Evapotranspiration may deplete the soil moisture and rob supplies of ground water.
  蒸发蒸腾作用能消耗土壤水分，减少地下水的水量供应。
• Reflexively, the producer may slow or stall if the consumer cannot deplete the pool quickly enough.
  另一方面，如果消费者无法足够快地读取池，生产者必须慢下来或暂停。