depopulate

英 [ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪt]

美 [ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪt]

v.  使人口减少

过去分词：depopulated　现在分词：depopulating　过去式：depopulated　第三人称单数：depopulates　

TEM8

BNC.39411 / COCA.30212

牛津词典

verb

• 使人口减少
  to reduce the number of people living in a place
  1. Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated.
     一片片土地荒芜，人口减少。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使…的人口剧减
  Todepopulatean area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.
  1. The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
     饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。

英英释义

verb

• reduce in population
  1. The epidemic depopulated the countryside
  Synonym:desolate

双语例句

• The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
  饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。