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depopulate
英音 [ ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪt ]
美音 [ ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪt ]
释义
vt. 使人口减少
vi. 人口减少
变形
depopulates
第三人称单数
depopulating
现在分词
depopulated
过去式
depopulated
过去分词
例句
1·The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
饥荒威胁着该大陆人口数量。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Keep in mind: at the start of this century, many experts predicted that AIDS would depopulate the African region, raising the prospect of state failure in the hardest-hit places.
要知道，本世纪之初时，许多专家曾预言艾滋病将使非洲区域人口减少，并指出受影响最严重地区的国家将面临失败的前景。
同根词
词根 depopulate
depopulation
n
人口减少；灭绝
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