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depopulate    音标拼音: [dip'ɑpjəl,et]
vt.
vi. (使)人口减少

(使)人口减少

depopulate
v 1: reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the
countryside" [synonym: {depopulate}, {desolate}]

Depopulate \De*pop"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Depopulated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Depopulating}.] [L. depopulatus, p. p. of
depopulari to ravage; de- populari to ravage, fr. populus
people: cf. OF. depopuler, F. d['e]peupler. See {People}.]
To deprive of inhabitants, whether by death or by expulsion;
to reduce greatly the populousness of; to dispeople; to
unpeople.
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Where is this viper,
That would depopulate the city? --Shak.
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Note: It is not synonymous with laying waste or destroying,
being limited to the loss of inhabitants; as, an army
or a famine may depopulate a country. It rarely
expresses an entire loss of inhabitants, but often a
great diminution of their numbers; as, the deluge
depopulated the earth.
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Depopulate \De*pop"u*late\, v. i.
To become dispeopled. [R.]
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Whether the country be depopulating or not.
--Goldsmith.
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