depopulate

🇺🇸 /ˌdiːˈpɑːpjuleɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˌdiːˈpɒpjuleɪt/
詞頻
難度
標籤 RARE
verb
R

to make a place have fewer people living in it

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

村莊因許多人搬到城市而人口減少。

translation

v. 減少人口

詞形變化

3rd Present depopulates
Past depopulated
Perfect depopulated
Progressive depopulating