单词只背一遍0083｜雅思核心单词deplete

En

今日单词  ，今日毕

此时不背，更待何时

英 [dɪˈpliːt]  美 [dɪˈpliːt]

vt. 耗尽，用尽；使衰竭，使空虚

[ 第三人称单数 depletes 现在分词 depleting 过去式 depleted 过去分词 depleted ]

1. V-T To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it. 消耗 [正式]

例：

...substances that deplete the ozone layer.

…消耗臭氧层的物质。

2. depleted ADJ 耗尽的

例：

...Lee's worn and depleted army.

…李的精疲力竭的军队。

1.词根词缀：de-

【来源及含义】Latin: from, away from, off; down; wholly, entirely, utterly, complete; reverse the action of, undo; the negation or reversal of the notion expressed in the primary or root word

【同源单词】de die in diem, de facto, De gustibus non est disputandum, de jure, De minimis non curat praetor, De mortuis nihil nisi bonum

2.词根词缀：ple-, pleini-, plen-, plet-

【来源及含义】Latin: fill, full

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "more, plentiful, fullness, excessive, over flowing": copi-; exuber-; hyper-; multi-; opulen-; pleio-; plethor-; poly-; super-; total-; ultra-; undu-.

【同源单词】accomplish, accomplished, accomplishment, complement, complement, complemental

【中文词源】：

de-, 不，非，使相反。-ple, 满的，词源同full, complete. 即把满的倒空，耗尽。

【英语词源】：

1807, back-formation from depletion. Related: Depleted; depleting.

vt. 耗尽，用尽；使衰竭，使空虚

spend , exhaust