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

• 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。
• Moreover, forcing oneself to focus only depletes energy.
  此外，强迫自己专注只会消耗精力。
• 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。
• Therefore, when God dies, the human psychological strength depletes, and they become as if the demons and geniuses.
  所以上帝死亡之后的时代，人们的心理力量废弛，仿佛自己成了魔鬼或精灵。
• Ischemic neuronal injury is a complicated pathophysiological process. Lack of glucose and oxygen depletes the cellular energy stores required to maintain membrane potentials and transmembrane ion gradients.
  脑缺血后，糖和氧的供应随之减少，维持膜电位和跨膜离子梯度的细胞能量储备被耗竭，细胞膜去极化，导致钙离子通过电压门控式钙离子通道内流，触发神经递质如。
• Alcohol also depletes your body's Vitamin B, and can disrupt sleep and impair judgment and clarity of thought.
  酒精也耗尽你的身体的维生素B，可以扰乱睡眠和损害的判断和清晰的思路。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This process gradually depletes the stock of hair.
  这个过程中逐渐耗尽存量的头发。