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

• 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。
• 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。
• The depleting and diluting tendency of phosphate rock in main mines in China is described.
  介绍我国主要磷矿区资源贫化趋势，对原因进行了分析。
• CFCs seem to play a role in depleting the ozone layer.
  含氯氟烃看来起了破坏臭氧层的作用。
• 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。
• That makes it hard for the private-sector medical business to grow without depleting state coffers.
  如果不削减国有资本，私营医疗产业就很难获得发展。
• 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。
• What are you doing to get rid of cash depleting liabilities and to increase cash generating assets?
  如何摆脱消耗现金的负债而增加产生现金的资产？
• The Buddhist admonition is to utilise nature in the same way as a bee collects pollen from the flower, neither polluting its beauty nor depleting its fragrance.
  佛教劝诫我们应像蜜蜂一样合理利用自然。蜜蜂从花朵中采集花粉，既不会污染花朵的美丽，也不会减少花朵的芳香；
• This is a song about overpopulation and the depleting of our resources.
  这首歌是关于当今人口过剩和资源消耗等问题的。