depopulation

[经] 人口下降

发音

UK /diːˌpɒ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
US /diˌpɑ.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/

词形变化

depopulations 复数 depopulations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.

    可数 不可数

词源

Inherited from Middle English depopulacion (also spelled depopulacyoun, depopolacion), borrowed from Latin dēpopulātiō. By surface analysis, depopulate + -ion.

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