depopulation是什么意思？

depopulation

英[ˌdi:ˌpɒpjʊ'leɪʃn] 美[ˌdiˌpɒpjʊ'leɪʃn]

• n. 灭绝，减少居民；

动词：depopulate;

例句

• Mr Powell-Taylor says that depopulation exacerbates the problem. 鲍威尔-泰勒先生说人口的急剧减少使得该问题更加严重。
• Mr Powell-Taylor says that depopulation exacerbates the problem... 鲍威尔-泰勒先生说人口的急剧减少使得该问题更加严重。

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

• Noun
  1. the condition of having reduced numbers of inhabitants (or no inhabitants at all)