depletes

英 [dɪˈpliːts]

美 [dɪˈpliːts]

v.  大量减少; 耗尽; 使枯竭
deplete的第三人称单数

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

• To lose one's self-control. Stress depletes both energy and motivation.
  崩溃失去自我控制能力压力不仅消耗体力而且让你丧失动力。
• Moreover, forcing oneself to focus only depletes energy.
  此外，强迫自己专注只会消耗精力。
• Malnutrition impairs immunity, while infection often depletes nutrient and energy stores, in turn leading to more frequent and severe infections.
  营养不良能削弱免疫，而感染常常耗尽营养和能量储备，反过来导致更频繁和严重的感染。
• The new structure effectively reflects and depletes the incident wave energy and decreases self made waves. By the improvement, the minimum wave height transmission coefficient of the floating breakwater can reach 0.22 under unfavorable incident wave conditions.
  此结构可增加浮筏对波能的反射和消耗，有效减少浮筏的自生波浪，可在较不利的入射波要素下，使浮筏的波高传递系数最低达0.22。
• Alcohol, on the other hand, depletes your body of the vitamins and minerals it needed to be functional.
  酒精，另一方面，耗尽你的身体的维生素和矿物质，它需要的功能。
• Though recrystallization may refine austenite grain, it depletes large quantities of defects in austenite grains, which will retards the phase transformation process.
  再结晶虽然可能细化了晶粒，但大量消耗了热变形奥氏体中的晶体缺陷，其结果是迟滞了相变过程。
• Stress depletes both energy and motivation.
  压力不仅消耗体力而且让你丧失动力。
• The fall in the oil prices depletes their tax receipts and damages economies that rely heavily on the energy industry.
  油价下跌减少了它们的税收收入，破坏了严重依赖能源行业的经济。
• The traditional delicacy has grown in popularity with the rise of affluence in recent years, yet the process of fin collection resulting ultimately in the death of sharks depletes shark populations.
  随着近年来人们越来越富裕，这种传统美食日益受欢迎，然而收集鱼翅的过程会造成鲨鱼最终死亡，令鲨鱼数量锐减。
• Studies have shown that parental stress weakens childrens brains, depletes their immune systems, and increases their risk of obesity, mental illness, diabetes, allergies, even tooth decay.
  研究表明，家长的压力不利于孩子的大脑和免疫系统，增加孩子肥胖、精神疾病、糖尿病、过敏乃至蛀牙的风险。