depopulated
past simple and past participle ofdepopulate
| 单词 | depopulated |
| 释义 | depopulated past simple and past participle ofdepopulate depopulate verb[T] uk/ˌdiːˈpɒp.jə.leɪt/us/ˌdiːˈpɑː.pjə.leɪt/tocauseacountryorareato have fewerpeoplelivingin it: Theregionwas depopulated bydisease/famine/war. Environmental issues
Examplesofdepopulateddepopulated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. 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 As people left rural areas, theirdepopulatedsettlements were reclassified: townships officially became villages, and urban residents became rural people. From theCambridge English Corpus It presented an almostdepopulatedlandscape, in which human function or sense of dislocation seemed irrelevant. From theCambridge English Corpus Areasdepopulatedby deaths and migration at the times of the famines did not recover earlier population densities until the mid-20th century. From theCambridge English Corpus The infectious period ended on the day the herd wasdepopulated. From theCambridge English Corpus The new industries required labour, and this was found by migration from the fanning regions which became relativelydepopulated. From theCambridge English Corpus Most tellingly, the historic townscape is almost entirelydepopulatedof historical actors : we are given no sense of the individuals who helped to shape the town. From theCambridge English Corpus Prior to the 1994 reforms, it was common for some fast-growing urban districts to have three, four, or even five times the number of voters asdepopulatedrural districts. From theCambridge English Corpus The highlands were largelydepopulatedby 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 becomedepopulated, 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 anddepopulatedareas could be increased. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English As a result of poverty and disease, vast territories are virtuallydepopulated, even without war. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Should it just becomedepopulated, 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 If we over-tax spirits, employment will be lost and those areas will becomedepopulated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those villages have been almostdepopulatedowing to economic conditions, and the fishermen now are unable to make a living. 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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