🏚️depopulate (dɪˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt)

verb
/diːˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt/
减少人口 (jiǎnshǎo rénkǒu)

含义

To reduce the number of people living in a place.
含义翻译
减少在某地居住的人数
jiǎnshǎo zài mǒu dì jūzhù de rénshù

例句

The war threatened to depopulate the once-thriving town.

战争威胁要使曾经繁荣的城市人口减少。
Zhànzhēng wēixié yào shǐ céngjīng fánróng de chéngshì rénkǒu jiǎnshǎo.

同义词

evacuate, empty, desert, drain

反义词

populate, settle, inhabit

搭配词

depopulate villages, depopulate regions, war depopulates, disease depopulates

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