depopulated
/ˌdiːˈpɒp.jə.leɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌdiːˈpɑː.pjə.leɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /(ˌ)dē-ˈpä-pyə-ˌlāt/ (ame, mw)
depopulated — 動詞
- depopulatedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- depopulateds3rd person singular
- depopulateding-ing form
- depopulatededpast simple
1. To reduce the number of inhabitants in a place, often through war, disease, econ
減少人口
使某地人口大幅減少
To reduce the number of inhabitants in a place, often through war, disease, economic change, or a natural disaster, so that the population falls dramatically and far fewer people live there.
The war depopulated entire villages along the border, forcing survivors to flee to the capital.
戰爭使得邊境沿線的整個村莊人口銳減，倖存者被迫逃往首都。
depopulate + noun phrase — active transitive with event as subject
Apinya's home village in northern Thailand became depopulated after the main employer closed its factory.
Apinya 在泰國北部的家鄉村莊，因為主要雇主關閉工廠而變得人口稀少。
become depopulated — passive participle used as adjective
Famine and outbreaks of disease depopulated the island over roughly fifty years.
饑荒和疾病爆發在約五十年間使這個島嶼的人口大幅減少。
Tamar's grandfather watched his hometown become depopulated as young people left for the cities.
Tamar 的祖父親眼看著自己的家鄉因為年輕人前往城市而變得人口稀少。
- empty
Less formal and more general; can describe a room or a container, not just a region that has lost people.
- desolate
Emphasises the resulting bleak, abandoned feeling rather than the act of population loss itself.
- clear
Suggests removal of people for a specific purpose (e.g. clearing a building); does not carry the long-term demographic meaning.
文法句型
depopulate + noun phrase (region / village / country)
be / become depopulated (passive or adjective)
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive voice or as a past-participle adjective describing a place that has lost its inhabitants. The active form typically takes an event (war, famine, disease, economic shift) as the subject.