depleted是什么意思？

depleted

英[dɪ'plɪtɪd] 美[dɪ'plɪtɪd]

• adj. 废弃的；
• v. <正>使大大的减少，使空虚( deplete的过去式和过去分词 )，耗尽，使枯竭；

例句

• Our supplies of food are rather depleted. 我们的食品供应大大地减少了。
• As their fat is depleted, the humps become floppy and flabby. 当驼峰储存的脂肪被用光时,驼峰就会变得松驰干瘪.
• By the end of the winter the supply of grain was severely depleted. 冬季快要结束时,粮食贮备已经消耗得差不多了.
• Both teams were severely depleted by injuries. 两个队都因队员受伤而实力大减.
• Food supplies were severely depleted. 食物供应已严重不足。
• These substances are slowly depleted as the embryo commences to grow. 随着胚开始生长,这些物质也慢慢用尽了.
• These small feats seemed like Herculean accomplishm ents and slowly served to restore her depleted confidence. 这些小成绩看来是艰辛努力的结果,而且渐渐开始重建起她那已空竭的信心.
• Many small lymphocytes are destroyed and germinal centres depleted. 破坏了许多小淋巴细胞,使生发中心空虚.
• The Ge - depleted liquid phase is advantageously returned to the GeCl 4 converting process. 有利地,将Ge贫乏的液相返回到GeCl4转化工艺.
• The soil is depleted first by having crops grown in it and second by natural weathering and bacterial action. 土壤首先是被种植其中的作物消耗掉，其次受自然风化和细菌活动的侵蚀。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  （大量）减少，消耗
  To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
  例句
  ...substances that deplete the ozone layer... 大量消耗臭氧层的物质 They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition... 他们长时间开火，耗尽了弹药。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. having resources completely depleted;
  "our depleted resources"
  2. no longer sufficient;
  "supplies are low""our funds are depleted"