deplete
英 [dɪ'pliːt]
美[dɪ'plit]
- vt. 耗尽，用尽；使衰竭，使空虚
词态变化
第三人称单数: depletes;过去式: depleted;过去分词: depleted;现在分词: depleting;名词: depletion;
助记提示
1. 把已经满的东西弄下来.
中文词源
deplete 耗尽
de-, 不，非，使相反。-ple, 满的，词源同full, complete. 即把满的倒空，耗尽。
英英释意
- 1. use up (resources or materials);
- "this car consumes a lot of gas"
- "We exhausted our savings"
- "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
英文词源
- deplete
- deplete: see full
- deplete (v.)
- 1807, back-formation from depletion. Related: Depleted; depleting.
考试真题
- The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal cost—are depleted.
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实用场景例句
- Food supplies were severely depleted.
- 食物供应已严重不足。
牛津词典
- [不可数名词]ozone depletion
- 臭氧耗损
牛津词典
- the depletion of fish stocks
- 鱼的存货消耗殆尽
牛津词典
- ...substances that deplete the ozone layer...
- 大量消耗臭氧层的物质
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition...
- 他们长时间开火，耗尽了弹药。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
期刊摘选
- Excessive fear over a period of time will also deplete Kidney essence.
- 长期的过分恐惧也会导致肾脏精华的损耗.
期刊摘选
- I have had to deplete my of of my money to pay for the house furnishings.
- 我只好取出了我大部分存款来支付家具费用.
期刊摘选
- Chlorofluorocarbons can deplete ozone, hydrochlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons are regarded as contributors to global warming.
- 氯氟烃破坏臭氧层, 其替代物氢氯氟烃和氢氟烃却被认为可加重温室效应.
期刊摘选
- It will deplete its cash balance by repaying last week's loan.
- 它会因偿付它上周的借款而耗尽它的现金余额.
辞典例句
- These deplete and destroy motivation.
- 这一切均会损耗动力.
期刊摘选
- She had no wish to deplete still further whatever funds he had remaining.
- 她可不愿意再去花掉他剩下的钱.
辞典例句
- Replacing heating element without having to deplete the container.
- 不需要贮罐排空即可更换加热元件.
期刊摘选
- Elastic collisions deplete very little of the electron's energy.
- 弹性碰撞中电子减少的能量非常少.
辞典例句
- But the president is unlikely to deplete his political capital completely.
- 不过,这位总统似乎并未完全耗尽自己的政治资本.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- Striker Stocks have been abolished in KOF 2001 . Instead , strikers now deplete power stock.
- 援护点被废除. 现在叫援护消耗能量点.
期刊摘选
- Mankind must take care not to deplete the earth of its natural resources.
- 人类必须注意,切莫耗尽地球上的自然资源.
期刊摘选
- Impoverish the soil overuse . See Synonyms at deplete.
- 过度耕作而使土壤变得贫瘠参见.
期刊摘选
- Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources.
- 耗尽世界的自然资源毋庸置疑是愚蠢的经济行为。
柯林斯例句
- The contraceptive pill is the worst offender, but it is not the only drug to deplete the body's vitamin levels.
- 避孕药的危害最大，但是它并不是唯一一种消耗体内维生素的药物。
柯林斯例句