depopulate

🇺🇸 /ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪt/
词频
难度
标签 RARE
verb
R

to make a place have fewer people living in it

The villages were depopulated because many people moved to the cities.

村庄因许多人搬到城市而人口减少。

translation

v. 减少人口

词形变化

3rd Present depopulates
Past depopulated
Perfect depopulated
Progressive depopulating