[VERB 动词](大量)减少,消耗 To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
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...substances that deplete the ozone layer...
大量消耗臭氧层的物质
They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition...
他们长时间开火,耗尽了弹药。
Most native mammal species have been severely depleted.
大多数本地哺乳动物的数量都已经大大减少了。
depleted
...Robert E. Lee's worn and depleted army.
罗伯特·E. 李率领的疲惫不堪、所剩无几的部队
depletion
...the problem of ozone depletion.
臭氧损耗问题
...the depletion of underground water supplies.
地下水源的枯竭
Oxford
de·plete/dɪˈpliːt; NAmEdɪˈpliːt/verb[usually passive ]depletesth ( formal) to reduce sth by a large amount so that there is not enough left 大量减少;耗尽;使枯竭◆Food supplies were severely depleted.食物供应已严重不足。▶de·ple·tiondepletiondepletions/dɪˈpliːʃn; NAmEdɪˈpliːʃn/noun[uncountable ]◆ozone depletion臭氧耗损◆the depletion of fish stocks鱼量消耗殆尽depletedepletesdepleteddepletingde·plete/dɪˈpliːt; NAmEdɪˈpliːt/de·ple·tion/dɪˈpliːʃn; NAmEdɪˈpliːʃn/
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depletede‧plete /dɪˈpliːt/ verb [transitive]
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to reduce the amount of something that is present or available: Salmon populations have been severely depleted.GRAMMARDeplete is often passive in this meaning.—depletion /dɪˈpliːʃən/ noun [uncountable]: the depletion of the ozone layer
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