| 单词 | deplete |
| 释义 | deplete (once / 2533 pages) v To deplete is to use up or consume a limited resource. Visiting relatives might deplete your refrigerator of food, or a pestering friend might deplete your patience. The verb deplete is used like “to drain.” A long, exhausting day can deplete your body of energy and a summer drought can deplete a region’s water supply. If you deplete your body of hydration after a lot of exercise, be sure to replete yourself with a nice glass of water. WORD FAMILYdeplete: depletable, depleted, depletes, depleting, depletion+/depletion: depletions USAGE EXAMPLESHe was an energy source in a depleted world. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Things only got worse with a depleted roster hurt by years of bad drafting and the lack of impact free agents. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Then expenditures began swamping revenues in 2014, and by the end of 2015, all of the foundation’s assets were depleted. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) v use up (resources or materials) Syn|Hypo|Hyper consume, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out occupy, take, use up require (time or space) run out exhaust the supply of draindeplete of resources indulge, luxuriateenjoy to excess burn, burn off, burn upuse up (energy) spendspend completely exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tiredeplete surfeitindulge (one's appetite) to satiety overspendspend more than available of (a budget) underspendspend less than the whole of (a budget, for example) drop, expend, spend pay out |
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