depopulating
英 [ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪtɪŋ]
美 [ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪtɪŋ]
v. 使人口减少
depopulate的现在分词
柯林斯词典
- VERB 使…的人口剧减
To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.- The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。
- The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
双语例句
- And the massive restructuring of the manufacturing sector during the1970s and1980s, which shrank the number of factory jobs drastically, all but depopulating some old u.s.industrial communities.
又如70年代和80年代的制造业大规模调整，大幅度减少了工厂中的就业机会，使得美国某些老工业区人口锐减。 - There is a dark humor about this story, Jess the local handyman responsible for silently depopulating the cemetery.
这个故事暗含着一个黑色幽默：杰斯这个当地的杂工却是墓地尸体悄然减少的罪魁祸首。