deplete
deplete
英[dɪˈpliːt]美[dɪˈpliːt]
v.（大量）减少，消耗；
第三人称单数：depletes;
过去式：depleted;
过去分词：depleted;
现在分词：depleting;
名词：depletion;
例句
It will deplete its cash balance by repaying last week's loan.它会因偿付它上周的借款而耗尽它的现金余额.
Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources.耗尽世界的自然资源毋庸置疑是愚蠢的经济行为。
The contraceptive pill is the worst offender, but it is not the only drug to deplete the body's vitamin levels.避孕药的危害*大，但是它并不是唯一一种消耗体内维生素的药物。
Surely it is an economic nonsense to deplete the world of natural resources...耗尽世界的自然资源毋庸置疑是愚蠢的经济行为。
...substances that deplete the ozone layer...大量消耗臭氧层的物质
...plans which will consume hours of time and deplete your cash reserves.要花费若干小时并消耗你留存备用的钱的计划
英语六级真题
The reasoning behind this saying is that low oil prices discourage investment in new production capacity, eventually shifting the oil supply curve backward and bringing prices back up as existing oil fields—which can be tapped at relatively low marginal cost—are depleted.
出自-2017年6月阅读原文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。英汉词典释义
vt.
〈正〉使大大的减少; 使空虚
Our supplies of food are rather depleted.我们的食品供应大大地减少了。vi.
耗尽；使枯竭
英英词典释义
Verb
1. use up (resources or materials);
"this car consumes a lot of gas""We exhausted our savings""They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"行业词典
体育： 耗尽；减少；
医学： 排空；卸去；造成衰竭状态；
