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.

When you deplete something當你deplete某個東西時 you use it or take it away until much less is left你會一直用掉它或拿走它，直到剩下的很少 often until it is nearly gone常常是用到快要沒了 We say this about stores of things that can run out這個字是用在會用完的存量上 money, oil, fish in the sea, soil, a battery, a person's strength像是錢、石油、海裡的魚、土壤、電池、或一個人的體力

A long drought can deplete a reservoir. Hours of extra work can deplete your energy.

A long drought長期的乾旱 can deplete a reservoir會讓水庫的水枯竭 Hours of extra work好幾個小時的額外工作 can deplete your energy會把你的體力耗光

It is a rather formal, “serious” word; in everyday talk people more often say use up, run out of, or drain.

It is a rather formal, "serious" word這是個相當正式、「嚴肅」的字 in everyday talk people more often say use up, run out of, or drain日常說話比較常說use up、run out of，或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.

Though actually不過其實 it began as a doctors' word in the 1700s它在1700年代原本是醫生用的字 physicians thought they were emptying something harmful out of the body當時醫生以為自己是在把身體裡有害的東西排空 Almost nobody uses it that medical way now現在幾乎沒有人這樣用在醫學上了

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 depopulate).

You deplete a supply, a resource, or someone's energy你可以deplete存量、資源，或某人的體力 you do not usually deplete a room of people但通常不會說deplete一屋子的人 that is closer to empty or depopulate那比較接近empty或depopulate的意思