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单词 overmine
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overmine

verb

over·​mine ˌō-vər-ˈmīn How to pronounce overmine (audio)
overmined; overmining

transitive + intransitive

: to mine (an area or resource) excessively and often to depletion
overmining a mineral
an overmined region
overmined quarries
Still not satisfied, in the mid-1970s Consolidated Diamond Mines began to overmine in order to extract as much as possible as a hedge against the uncertainties of independence. Denis Herbstein and John A. Evenson

Word History

First Known Use

1897, in the meaning defined above

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