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单词 deplete
释义 deplete
 —depletable,  adj.   —depletion,  n.   —depletive, depletory /di plee"teuh ree/,  adj.  
 /di pleet"/, v.t., depleted, depleting.
 to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds.
 [1800-10; < L depletus empty (ptp. of deplere to empty out), equiv. to de- DE- + ple(re) to FILL + -tus ptp. suffix]
 Syn. use up, drain, reduce, consume, lessen.
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