depopulate
英 [ˌdiːˈpɒp.jə.leɪt]
美 [ˌdiːˈpɑː.pjə.leɪt]
将“depopulate”分解为“de-”(表示减少或除去)和“populate”(表示居住或使居住),记忆方法可以是:“去掉一些居民”,这样就能形象地记住这个单词的意思是减少人口或使人口减少。
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depopulate 使人口减少de-, 不,非,使相反。populate, 人口聚居。即使人口减少。
- 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.).
- 1. The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
- 饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。
- 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. )