depopulate

v. (使)人口减少

发音

UK /diːˈpɒpjəleɪt/
其它
US /diˈpɑpjəleɪt/

词形变化

depopulated depopulates 三单 depopulates depopulating depopulating 现在分词 depopulated 过去式 depopulated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To remove the components from a circuit board.

    及物 商务 工程 物理 电子
  3. 3.

    To become depopulated, to lose its population.

    不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Depopulated (sense 1).

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Barren, devoid of inhabitants; utterly destroyed, devastated .

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

desolate

上位词 2

shrink reduce

词源

First attested in 1531; borrowed from Latin dēpopulātus, perfect active participle of dēpopulor (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)). Compare depeople, French dépeupler, Italian spopolare, Spanish despoblar, Portuguese despovoar and Romanian despopora; by surface analysis, de- + populate. Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

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