depleting
present participle ofdeplete
| 单词 | depleting |
| 释义 | depleting present participle ofdeplete deplete verb[T] uk/dɪˈpliːt/us/dɪˈpliːt/toreducesomething insizeoramount,especiallysuppliesofenergy,money, etc.: If wecontinueto deplete the earth'snaturalresources, we willcauseseriousdamageto theenvironment. Theillnessdepletes thebodyofimportantvitamins. humorousThat lastholidayseriouslydepleted mybankaccount! Synonyms consume exhaust usesomethingup Becoming and making smaller or less
Examplesofdepletingdepleting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. These will help in improving waste management and will also supplement thedepletingrenewable energy sources. From theCambridge English Corpus This was to address concerns that elephant population increase adversely affects other species throughdepletingtheir food in key areas close to permanent water. From theCambridge English Corpus They concede the impact of the gold-rushes arguing that 'the effect of the gold-rushes should not be underestimated indepletingsources of labour' (p. 208). From theCambridge English Corpus As expected, plantation crops, especially tree crops, are lessdepletingthan annual crops, which are also given a chapter. From theCambridge English Corpus It may also be that collisions have the effect ofdepletingion angular momentum, thus increasing the ion current, and reducing the equilibrium potential. From theCambridge English Corpus Depletinga stock of a non-renewable resource does not change the economy's instantaneous net productive capacity. From theCambridge English Corpus Attempts a t modulating this rejection process have therefore targeted this so-called direct pathway of antigen recognition, bydepletingthe passenger leukocytes in the graft. From theCambridge English Corpus It could operate up to 45 min beforedepletingthe energy stored in the batteries. From theCambridge English Corpus A system of reservoirs was constructed near large building complexes, and a low-gradient, shallow spillway canal drained excess water withoutdepletingthe water storage. From theCambridge English Corpus Mindful, perhaps, of how urban consumption wasdepletingthe passenger pigeon population, others emphasized the bird's culinary merits as an incentive. From theCambridge English Corpus The concerns that elephant population increase could result in themdepletingfood for impala, kudu and giraffe thus, negatively affecting their population is not supported by this study. From theCambridge English Corpus Freud was correct, then, that grief and loss do empty us for a time,depletingus in waves and paroxysms. From theCambridge English Corpus Inner-city youth are deemed successful when they leave the neighbourhood, furtherdepletingthe community of valuable resources. From theCambridge English Corpus As we have seen, this body of early and mid-nineteenth-century disciplinary doctrine was itself related to atmospheric and climatic, and particularly oxygen producing anddepletingprocesses. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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