deplete是什么意思,deplete怎么用
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📰 外刊例句
Underground water has helped feed the world, but in many places it is dangerously depleted . 地下水帮助养活了世界,但在许多地方已经危险地消耗殆尽。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[verb] use up the supply or resources of
[动词] 耗尽……的供应或资源
💡 深入解读
Deplete 一词比较好记,就是在熟词 delete 的中间多加了一个字母 p ,该词逆构自英语单词 depletion (耗尽、空虚、枯竭,医学上指“液体、血液等的排除、缺失”以及由于缺液而产生的“衰竭”),最初也是用在医学上指“排除器官、血管等的液体或血液”或“使缺失液体”。从这个概念出发, deplete 很自然地就被用来泛指“大量减少、耗尽、使枯竭”,主要指大量减少某物以至于没有足够的剩余物或者说造成储存物、金钱、精力等供应或资源耗尽,强调因为耗尽而潜在的危害,好比大量放血不仅会减少血液量,还会引发身体器官衰竭,
比如:
Staple food supplies were severely depleted.主食供应已严重不足。
My estranged husband started hassling me to give him money. His last holiday seriously depleted my bank account!我分居的丈夫开始不停地烦我,要我给他钱。他上次度假花掉了我银行账户里的一大笔钱!
Support will be given to resource- depleted areas in their economic transformation.而将其用在核物理上,则是指“使贫化”,比如臭名昭著的(notorious)贫铀弹就在英语中称为“depleted uranium ammunition”。权威用例支持资源型地区经济转型发展。
Secure a Decisive Victory in Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects and Strive for the Great Success of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era ) 。出自十九大报告《决胜全面建成小康社会 夺取新时代中国特色社会主义伟大胜利》(
exhaust: use up (resources or reserves) completely drain: cause (money, energy, or another valuable resource) to be lost, wasted, or used up impoverish: exhaust the strength or vitality of同近义词
🔍 同近义词
- exhaust: use up (resources or reserves) completely
- drain: cause (money, energy, or another valuable resource) to be lost, wasted, or used up
- impoverish: exhaust the strength or vitality of

