Deplete

GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

[编辑] 解释

v. 倒空; 耗尽
［英］ v. 倒空 ( to empty wholly or partly) ; 耗尽 ( to use up gradually the resources)
［记］ de+plet ( 满) -> 不满 -> 倒空
［同］同根词: replete ( 饱满的) ; plentiful ( 大量的) 派生词: depletion ( n. 耗尽;枯竭)

transitive verb (depleted; depleting)

Etymology: Latin depletus, past participle of deplēre, from de- + plēre to fill — more at full
Date: 1807
1. to empty of a principal substance
2. to lessen markedly in quantity, content, power, or value
? depletable adjective
? depleter noun
? depletion noun
? depletive adjective
Synonyms:
- deplete, drain, exhaust, impoverish, bankrupt mean to deprive of something essential to existence or potency. deplete implies a reduction in number or quantity so as to endanger the ability to function <depleting our natural resources>. drain implies a gradual withdrawal and ultimate deprivation of what is necessary to an existence<personal tragedy had drained him of all spirit>. exhaust stresses a complete emptying<her lecture exhausted the subject>. impoverish suggests a deprivation of something essential to richness or productiveness<impoverished soil>. bankrupt suggests impoverishment to the point of imminent collapse<war had bankrupted the nation of resources>.