depletion

英 [dɪ'pliːʃn] 美 [dɪ'pliːʃn]

• n. 消耗；逐渐耗尽

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act of decreasing something markedly

2. the state of being depleted

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The result, unsurprisingly, is resource depletion.
   结果导致了资源的消耗，并不令人意外。
2. Cell depletion can be fixed in three main ways.
   修理细胞消耗有三个主要方法。
3. Farmers should rotate crops every season to prevent depletion of the soil.
   农夫每季应该要轮耕，以免耗尽土壤。

经典引文

• The depletion of the surplus stocks will have an offsetting effect on the amount by which investment increases.

  出自： J. M. Keynes

• He holds the bottle to the light to observe its depletion.

  出自： T. Williams

词汇搭配

• ozone depletion 臭氧耗竭
• deplete 耗尽
• fuel depletion 燃料贫化
• soil depletion 土壤贫瘠,土壤耗竭...
• depletion curve 退水曲线,磕曲线,亏...
• additive depletion 添加剂耗减
• depletion region 耗尽区,势垒区,阻挡...
• groundwater depletion 地下水消耗,地下水耗...
• water depletion 缺水
• percentage depletion 消耗百分比,百分率折...
• depletion expense [经] 折耗费用...
• depletion rate 消耗速度
• depletion drive 溶解气驱
• accumulated depletion [经] 累计耗竭, ...
• depletion layer 耗尽层
• depletion mode 耗尽模
• isotopic depletion 同位素贫化,同位素剥...
• depletion cost 折耗成本
• oxygen depletion 氧耗尽
• depletion allowance 备抵折耗

近反义词

【近义词】

• exhaustion 疲惫
• drought 干旱
• starvation 饿死
• expenditure 开支
• consumption 消费
• poverty 贫困
• loss 遗失
• reduction 减少
• diminution 减少
• lessening 减少
• running down 全熔化,惰转...
• weakening 弱化