depopulate
英 [diː'pɒpjʊleɪt]
美[,di'pɑpjulet]
- vt. 使人口减少
- vi. 人口减少
实用场景例句
- Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated.
- 一片片土地荒芜，人口减少。
牛津词典
- The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
- 饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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. )
期刊摘选
- The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
- 饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。
柯林斯例句