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

• Ozone depleting substance control program will be implemented six years ahead of the original schedule.
  提前6年落实削减臭氧层消耗物质的计划。
• 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 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；
• Aging, being a series of continual losses, can be keenly depleting.
  老龄化，作为一个系列的连续亏损，可以清楚地消耗。
• Be mindful you are not ignoring nor depleting your own energy reserves unwisely and unnecessarily.
  要注意你并不是在忽视或是愚笨和没有必要的耗尽你的精力储量。
• Petrel and her sisters did their work too well, depleting some whale species and nearly exterminating the blue.
  和她的姐妹工作得非常彻底，捕光了一些鲸鱼种群，几乎快灭绝掉蓝鲸。
• Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence, in a report tabled last month, had commented adversely on the depleting squadron strength of the IAF, calling for immediate acquisitions and upgrades.
  国会防务发言人在上月的一个报告中强烈批评了IAF空中力量的损耗，并呼吁对此进行迅速的补充和升级。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。