depopulated是什么意思？

depopulated

• v. （使）人口减少( depopulate的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• The rotational levels of the ground vibrational level may be depopulated by radiation. 基态振动能级的各转动能级的粒子数可能因幅射而减少.
• Ever higher dues ruined trade and depopulated towns. 越来越高的苛捐杂税使商业凋敝,城镇人口减少.
• Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated. 一片片土地荒芜，人口减少。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使…的人口剧减
  To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.
  例句
  The famine threatened to depopulate the continent. 饥荒可能会导致该大洲人口剧减。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. having lost inhabitants as by war or disease;
  "the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated"