depopulate

权威英汉双解

Whole stretches of land were laid waste and depopulated.

一片片土地荒芜，人口减少。

英汉释义

• v.

  1.(战争,疫病等)消灭[减少](某地的)人口

  2.〈罕〉人口减少

• adj.

  1.〈古〉人口减少的

英英释义

• v.

  1.to cause an area to have far fewer people living in it than before

英汉例句

• 1.King Ptolemy prohibited Hegesias from lecturing, lest he depopulate the country.

  国王托勒密因此禁止何基西亚斯讲课，以避免其哲学使国家人口下降。