depopulate

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depopulate — 動詞

  • depopulatepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • depopulateshe / she / it
  • depopulatedpast simple
  • depopulating-ing form

1. to make a town, country, or other area lose many of its residents

1.動詞及物C2
釋義

使人口減少

使某地居住人口大幅減少

to make a town, country, or other area lose many of its residents

例句

Years of drought depopulated the farming valley around Lake Chad.

長年的乾旱使查德湖周邊的農村山谷人口減少。

depopulate + place

The civil war depopulated several border towns within two summers.

內戰在兩個夏天內使好幾個邊境城鎮人口減少。

common causes: war or conflict

常見搭配
  • depopulate a region
  • depopulate the countryside
  • depopulate a village
  • depopulate an island
同義詞
  • empty

    Stronger and more everyday, often suggesting that almost nobody remains.

  • evacuate

    Focuses on moving people out, often for safety and sometimes temporarily.

  • deplete

    Broader and can describe reducing numbers or supplies, not only residents.

反義詞
  • populate

    Means to fill a place with people living there.

  • repopulate

    Means to bring residents back after numbers have fallen.

文法句型

depopulate + place

用法筆記

Usually used in formal writing about war, disease, famine, or forced removal. The object is the place that loses residents, not the people who leave.

常見錯誤

The war depopulated many families from the village.
The war depopulated the village.
Depopulate takes the place as its object, not the people who leave.

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常用片語

  • depopulate a region
  • depopulate the countryside
  • be depopulated by war
  • depopulate rural areas