depopulate 的 2 个定义
de·pop·u·lat·ed, de·pop·u·lat·ing.
- to remove or reduce the population of, as by destruction or expulsion.
- Archaic. depopulated.
depopulate 近义词
等同于 massacre
depopulate 的近义词 8 个
depopulate 的反义词 5 个
等同于 desolate
等同于 despoil
更多depopulate例句
- For full access to a genuine voice, Hemingway argues that a writer must depopulate his or her world, physically or metaphysically.
- Indeed, in the early 1770s, the movement of people westward was so large that it threatened to depopulate Britain.
- For the benefit of trade and religion, Los Rios thinks it advisable to depopulate Macao and suppress it.
- A landlord who was determined to depopulate could hardly in the long run be prevented from succeeding in his object.
- To compel the Bishops to reside within their dioceses would depopulate the Court of Rome, and make it very much poorer.
- The principle of entailing landed estates tends to impoverish the people, drive them to emigration, and so depopulate the country.
- To confine man absolutely either to animal or vegetable food would be to depopulate a large part of the earth.