depopulate

• vt. 使人口减少
• vi. 人口减少

1. reduce in population;

"The epidemic depopulated the countryside"

Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated.

一片片土地荒芜，人口减少。

牛津词典

The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.

饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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. )

期刊摘选

The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.

饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。

柯林斯例句

de-, 不，非，使相反。populate, 人口聚居。即使人口减少。

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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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.).