depleting

英 [dɪˈpliːtɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈpliːtɪŋ]

v.  大量减少; 耗尽; 使枯竭
deplete的现在分词

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。

双语例句

• Most of these extinctions are tied to human activities that are polluting and depleting water resources, changing and degrading habitats and altering the global climate.
  这些人类活动污染着水源并使之枯竭，改变着生境并使之退化，并且正在改变全球气候。
• Their manure contains phosphorus, which, when it rains, runs off into lakes and estuaries, depleting oxygen, killing fish, stimulating algae overgrowth and emitting greenhouse gases.
  它们的排泄物含有磷，下雨的时候，将被冲刷进入湖中和江河口，耗尽水中的氧气，杀死鱼类，刺激藻类的生长，并且释放温室气体。
• In the long term, protecting an ecosystem may cost less, and allow us to reap its benefits for longer, than depleting its resources.
  长远来看，保护生态系统的成本也许能降级，此外，相比于耗尽生态系统资源，我们还能更长久地享受其好处。
• The world economy is depleting the earth's biodiversity, ocean fisheries, grasslands, tropical forests, and oil and gas reserves.
  世界经济正消耗著地球的生物多样性、洋渔场、原、带森林、油与天然气的储藏量。
• Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence, in a report tabled last month, had commented adversely on the depleting squadron strength of the IAF, calling for immediate acquisitions and upgrades.
  国会防务发言人在上月的一个报告中强烈批评了IAF空中力量的损耗，并呼吁对此进行迅速的补充和升级。
• Potentially ozone ( layer)-depleting substance
  可能消耗臭氧层物质
• Depleting Endogenous Germ Cells for Transplantation Recipients of Spermatogonial Stem Cells in Ovine
  绵羊精原干细胞移植受体内源性生殖细胞的消除研究
• That makes it hard for the private-sector medical business to grow without depleting state coffers.
  如果不削减国有资本，私营医疗产业就很难获得发展。
• If American Jews worry about assimilation depleting their numbers, so much more do the already less numerous Jews of Europe.
  如果美国犹太人担心同化会减少他们的人数，那么人数更少的欧洲犹太人就更应已经如此了。
• Simulation results show that the energy optimization strategy can balance the energy consumption among nodes and keep nodes from depleting prematurely.
  仿真结果表明，采用能量优化策略后，能有效地均衡节点间的能量消耗，避免节点过早衰竭。