depleting

英 [dɪˈpliːtɪŋ]

美 [dɪˈpliːtɪŋ]

v.  大量减少; 耗尽; 使枯竭
deplete的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB （大量）减少，消耗
  Todepletea stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
  1. ...substances that deplete the ozone layer...
     大量消耗臭氧层的物质
  2. They fired in long bursts, which depleted their ammunition...
     他们长时间开火，耗尽了弹药。
  3. Most native mammal species have been severely depleted.
     大多数本地哺乳动物的数量都已经大大减少了。

双语例句

• Coffee isn't a great alternative however, with the caffeine depleting the body of moisture and making the skin look aged and the acid causing enamel damage over time.
  不过，咖啡也不是很好的替代饮品，咖啡因消耗体内的水分，使皮肤看起来显老，长期饮用咖啡的话，咖啡中含的酸对釉质有损伤作用。
• Such initiates are expelled from the new consensus as this thwarts the human ascension movement by depleting those who are evolving.
  这样的提升者从新一致中被排除，因为这耗竭了正进化的人们的能量从而阻碍了人类提升运动。
• With the increase of the number of large space buildings, the kind of building is depleting more and more energy.
  随着大空间公共建筑建设量的增大，其对能源的消耗也越来越高。
• Their manure contains phosphorus, which, when it rains, runs off into lakes and estuaries, depleting oxygen, killing fish, stimulating algae overgrowth and emitting greenhouse gases.
  它们的排泄物含有磷，下雨的时候，将被冲刷进入湖中和江河口，耗尽水中的氧气，杀死鱼类，刺激藻类的生长，并且释放温室气体。
• Overexploitation accelerates the rate of depleting energy resources in the world.
  对资源的过度开发加快了世界上能源消耗的速度。
• In the long term, protecting an ecosystem may cost less, and allow us to reap its benefits for longer, than depleting its resources.
  长远来看，保护生态系统的成本也许能降级，此外，相比于耗尽生态系统资源，我们还能更长久地享受其好处。
• Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence, in a report tabled last month, had commented adversely on the depleting squadron strength of the IAF, calling for immediate acquisitions and upgrades.
  国会防务发言人在上月的一个报告中强烈批评了IAF空中力量的损耗，并呼吁对此进行迅速的补充和升级。
• Potentially ozone ( layer)-depleting substance
  可能消耗臭氧层物质
• The world economy is depleting the earth's biodiversity, ocean fisheries, grasslands, tropical forests, and oil and gas reserves.
  世界经济正消耗著地球的生物多样性、洋渔场、原、带森林、油与天然气的储藏量。
• Most of these extinctions are tied to human activities that are polluting and depleting water resources, changing and degrading habitats and altering the global climate.
  这些人类活动污染着水源并使之枯竭，改变着生境并使之退化，并且正在改变全球气候。