depopulating

英 [ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪtɪŋ]

v.  使人口减少
depopulate的现在分词

柯林斯词典

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

双语例句

• And the massive restructuring of the manufacturing sector during the1970s and1980s, which shrank the number of factory jobs drastically, all but depopulating some old u.s.industrial communities.
  又如70年代和80年代的制造业大规模调整，大幅度减少了工厂中的就业机会，使得美国某些老工业区人口锐减。
• There is a dark humor about this story, Jess the local handyman responsible for silently depopulating the cemetery.
  这个故事暗含着一个黑色幽默：杰斯这个当地的杂工却是墓地尸体悄然减少的罪魁祸首。