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deplete vt.耗尽；使空竭 (1) 我们的食物储备已消耗殆尽。(2) 这个地区的战争使国家的粮食供应空乏。(3) 这笔花费已使我们的资金所剩无几。 The verb deplete is used like “to drain.” A long, exhausting day can deplete your body of energy and a summer drought can deplete a region’s water supply. If you deplete your body of hydration after a lot of exercise, be sure to replete yourself with a nice glass of water.

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英 [dɪ'pliːt] 美 [dɪ'pliːt] (1) Our stock of food is greatly depleted.(2) Wars in the region have depleted the country's food supplies.(3) This expense has depleted our funds. To deplete is to use up or consume a limited resource. Visiting relatives might deplete your refrigerator of food, or a pestering friend might deplete your patience. 1[VERB 动词]（大量）减少，消耗 To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]...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

英语单词	deplete
英美音标	英 [dɪ'pliːt] 美 [dɪ'pliːt]
中文释义	vt.耗尽；使空竭
英语例句	(1) Our stock of food is greatly depleted. (2) Wars in the region have depleted the country's food supplies. (3) This expense has depleted our funds.
中文例句	(1) 我们的食物储备已消耗殆尽。 (2) 这个地区的战争使国家的粮食供应空乏。 (3) 这笔花费已使我们的资金所剩无几。
vocabulary简明	To deplete is to use up or consume a limited resource. Visiting relatives might deplete your refrigerator of food, or a pestering friend might deplete your patience.
vocabulary扩展	The verb deplete is used like “to drain.” A long, exhausting day can deplete your body of energy and a summer drought can deplete a region’s water supply. If you deplete your body of hydration after a lot of exercise, be sure to replete yourself with a nice glass of water.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（大量）减少，消耗 To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] ...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

Deplete Depleted Stock Food Supplies Body Water Plete