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The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.是什么意思？

The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.

饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。

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the famine threatened to depopulate continent

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

famine

n. 饥荒，饥饿，极度缺乏；

threatened

adj. 受到威胁的；v. 威胁(threaten的过去分词)；

to

prep. 向，朝着，到，关于，属于；adv. 朝一个方向的，到某种状态，关闭；

depopulate

v. （使）人口减少；

continent

n. 大陆，陆地，欧洲大陆，洲；
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