| 单词 | depopulate |
| 释义 | depopulate verb[T] uk/ˌdiːˈpɒp.jə.leɪt/us/ˌdiːˈpɑː.pjə.leɪt/tocauseacountryorareato have fewerpeoplelivingin it: 使人口减少，使居民减少Theregionwas depopulated bydisease/famine/war.该地区的人口因疾病／饥饿／战争而减少。 Environmental issues
Examplesofdepopulatedepopulate For example, politicians from economically less privileged but politically over-represented districts may claim that poor, depopulated, and rural areas deserve to have more political weight. From theCambridge English Corpus Areas depopulated by deaths and migration at the times of the famines did not recover earlier population densities until the mid-20th century. From theCambridge English Corpus To charter a railroad would be in effect todepopulatethe country through which it would pass. From theCambridge English Corpus The infectious period ended on the day the herd was depopulated. From theCambridge English Corpus The new industries required labour, and this was found by migration from the fanning regions which became relatively depopulated. From theCambridge English Corpus Most tellingly, the historic townscape is almost entirely depopulated of historical actors : we are given no sense of the individuals who helped to shape the town. From theCambridge English Corpus After calculating the particular ion density as above, the population densities of specific energy levels are calculated by solving a rate equation which includes all possible populating and depopulating mechanisms. From theCambridge English Corpus The highlands were largely depopulated by the clearances in earlier centuries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of allowing those areas to become depopulated, we should establish light industries there to produce consumer durable goods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The regional differences between growth regions and depopulated areas could be increased. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English The bureaucratic planning authorities which, with their dogmatic beliefs, are destroying and depopulating rural society, need to show more understanding. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English As a result of poverty and disease, vast territories are virtually depopulated, even without war. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English But that means that the countryside will rapidlydepopulate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Has he a completely closed mind and is he prepared todepopulatethese areas completely of workers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Should it just become depopulated, or is he prepared to give further inducements to industries to go there? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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