- 1耗盡、使枯竭（存量、資源、體力被用到所剩無幾）
When you deplete something, you use it or take it away until much less is left — often until it is nearly gone. We say this about stores of things that can run out: money, oil, fish in the sea, soil, a battery, a person’s strength. A long drought can deplete a reservoir. Hours of extra work can deplete your energy. It is a rather formal, “serious” word; in everyday talk people more often say use up, run out of, or drain. Though actually, it began as a doctors’ word in the 1700s: physicians thought they were emptying something harmful out of the body. Almost nobody uses it that medical way now. You deplete a supply, a resource, or someone’s energy — you do not usually deplete a room of people (that is closer to empty or ).
組成Borrowed from Latin dēplētus (“empty”), from depleō. First attested in 1716; originally a medical term. de- (away, down to empty) plus a Latin root meaning “to fill” — so the old picture is “empty out what was filled”.
原始詞典資料11 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
depleteverb/dɪˈpliːt/
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To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)
- The winter storm quickly depleted the salt supply of the county.
- Their numbers have been very heavily depleted in the last few years, and soon a most familiar part of the southern railway scene will have vanished: […].
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chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
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medicinesciencesTo reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
- Certain medications can deplete vitamin D.
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To reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
- Its reserves have been invaded and depleted.
- Constant vigilance for social threats and the negative emotions it produces (e.g., anxiety) deplete self-regulatory resources.
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rarenatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsTo reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something):
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To empty or purge (something of a substance).
- The conservation project depleted the lake of algae.
- This drug can deplete the body of magnesium.
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chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo empty or purge (something of a substance).
- Cycling also produces layered scales, as repeated spallation further depletes the compound of Al and allows Cr₂O₃ formation.
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natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsTo empty or purge (something of a substance).
- The by-product of this process, which depletes uranium of its most radioactive isotopes, is called depleted uranium (DU).
另外 3 個記錄的用法
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To diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.
- I noticed a couple of days ago how quickly the battery depletes.
- Depending on what you print, one color usually depletes faster than the others.
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chemistrynatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesTo diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.
- As can be seen in Fig. 1.49, FS 21 rapidly depletes of Li⁺ near the surface during the exposure to a NaNO₃ melt and simultaneously enriches in Na⁺.
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natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsTo diminish in quantity or strength; to be consumed.
- Since uranium depletes in this process, it is called fissile fuel, nuclear fuel or simply fuel.
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