depopulate
英 [di?'p?pj?le?t]
美[,di'pɑpjulet]
- vt. 使人口減少
- vi. 人口減少
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詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?depopulates;過去式:?depopulated;過去分詞:?depopulated;現在分詞:?depopulating;名詞:?depopulation;
中文詞源
depopulate 使人口減少
de-, 不，非，使相反。populate, 人口聚居。即使人口減少。
英文詞源
- depopulate (v.)
- 1540s; see de- + populate. Perhaps from Latin depopulatus, past participle of depopulari "to lay waste, ravage." Related: Depopulated; depopulating. Earlier in same sense was dispeplen (early 15c.).
雙語例句
- 1. The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
- 饑荒可能會導致該大洲人口劇減。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. King Ptolemy prohibited Hegesias from lecturing , lest he depopulate the country.
- 國王托勒密因此禁止何基西亞斯講課, 以避免其哲學使國家人口下降. )
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