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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary de·pop·u·late ETYMOLOGY Latin depopulatus, past participle of depopulari,from de- + populari to ravage DATE 1548 1. obsolete : ravage 2. to reduce greatly the population of English Etymology depopulate 1540s, from de- + populate. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 depopulate de·popu·late / 7di:5pCpjuleit; NAmE -5pB:p- / verb[VN] [usually passive] to reduce the number of people living in a place 使人口减少: Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated. 一片片土地荒芜,人口减少。 • de·popu·la·tion / 7di:7pCpju5leiFn; NAmE -7pB:p- / noun [U] Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged depopulate I. de·populate \(ˈ)dē+\ verb Etymology: Latin depopulatus, past participle of depopulari, depopulare, from de- + populari, populare to ravage, perhaps from populus people — more at people transitive verb 1. obsolete : to lay waste : devastate , ravage 2. : to deprive wholly or partly of inhabitants (as by war or pestilence) : reduce the population of < the Black Death … depopulated parts of Europe in the 15th century — V.M.Ehlers & E.W.Steel > < the cities almost depopulated of Spaniards gone to seek the greater riches of Mexico — Marjory S. Douglas > intransitive verb : to become less populous II. de·pop·u·late \(ˈ)dē|päpyələ̇t\ adjective Etymology: Latin depopulatus archaic : depopulated |
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