depleting

英 [dɪˈpliːtɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈpliːtɪŋ]

v.  大量减少; 耗尽; 使枯竭
deplete的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB （大量）减少，消耗
  Todepletea stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
  1. ...substances that deplete the ozone layer...
     大量消耗臭氧层的物质
  2. They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition...
     他们长时间开火，耗尽了弹药。
  3. Most native mammal species have been severely depleted.
     大多数本地哺乳动物的数量都已经大大减少了。

双语例句

• Coffee isn't a great alternative however, with the caffeine depleting the body of moisture and making the skin look aged and the acid causing enamel damage over time.
  不过，咖啡也不是很好的替代饮品，咖啡因消耗体内的水分，使皮肤看起来显老，长期饮用咖啡的话，咖啡中含的酸对釉质有损伤作用。
• The world economy is depleting the earth's biodiversity, ocean fisheries, grasslands, tropical forests, and oil and gas reserves.
  世界经济正消耗著地球的生物多样性、洋渔场、原、带森林、油与天然气的储藏量。
• That makes it hard for the private-sector medical business to grow without depleting state coffers.
  如果不削减国有资本，私营医疗产业就很难获得发展。
• Aging, being a series of continual losses, can be keenly depleting.
  老龄化，作为一个系列的连续亏损，可以清楚地消耗。
• Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence, in a report tabled last month, had commented adversely on the depleting squadron strength of the IAF, calling for immediate acquisitions and upgrades.
  国会防务发言人在上月的一个报告中强烈批评了IAF空中力量的损耗，并呼吁对此进行迅速的补充和升级。
• The Northeast China has a typical economic development model which is at the cost of depleting a lot of natural resources.
  东北地区是以耗竭大量自然资源为代价的外延型经济发展典型地区。
• Their manure contains phosphorus, which, when it rains, runs off into lakes and estuaries, depleting oxygen, killing fish, stimulating algae overgrowth and emitting greenhouse gases.
  它们的排泄物含有磷，下雨的时候，将被冲刷进入湖中和江河口，耗尽水中的氧气，杀死鱼类，刺激藻类的生长，并且释放温室气体。
• If American Jews worry about assimilation depleting their numbers, so much more do the already less numerous Jews of Europe.
  如果美国犹太人担心同化会减少他们的人数，那么人数更少的欧洲犹太人就更应已经如此了。
• CFCs seem to play a role in depleting the ozone layer.
  含氯氟烃看来起了破坏臭氧层的作用。
• This is a song about overpopulation and the depleting of our resources.
  这首歌是关于当今人口过剩和资源消耗等问题的。