depopulate

英 [diː'pɒpjʊleɪt]美 [,di'pɑpjulet]
  • vt. 使人口减少
  • vi. 人口减少
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中文词源

depopulate 使人口减少

de-, 不，非，使相反。populate, 人口聚居。即使人口减少。

英文词源

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.).

双语例句

1. The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 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. )
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