depopulate + object
主动语态,主语为导致人口减少的原因。
The war depopulated the village.
战争使这个村庄人口减少。
人口减少的
(使)人口减少( depopulate的过去式和过去分词 )
having lost inhabitants, as by war or disease
(使)人口减少( depopulate的过去式和过去分词 )
s. having lost inhabitants as by war or disease
一般现在时
The war depopulates entire villages.
战争使整个村庄人口减少。
一般过去时
The plague depopulated the region in the 14th century.
14世纪的瘟疫使该地区人口减少。
现在完成时
Economic hardship has depopulated the rural areas.
经济困难已使农村地区人口减少。
规则变化动词
The region was depopulated after the famine drove most residents away.
饥荒迫使大多数居民离开后,这个地区人口减少了。
用法提示:动词过去分词作表语,表示该地区人口减少的状态。
War has depopulated many rural villages in the past century.
战争在过去一个世纪里使许多乡村人口减少。
用法提示:动词现在完成时,表示战争导致人口减少的动作及其影响。
The island was depopulated when the volcano erupted.
火山爆发时,岛上的人口减少了。
用法提示:动词过去分词作被动语态,描述火山爆发导致的人口减少事件。
主动语态,主语为导致人口减少的原因。
The war depopulated the village.
战争使这个村庄人口减少。
被动语态,强调受影响的结果。
The region was depopulated by the plague.
该地区因瘟疫而人口减少。
grammar · medium
易错句子The village depopulated after the war.
正确表达The village was depopulated after the war.
depopulate是及物动词,必须带宾语或用被动语态。中文干扰可能导致误用为不及物动词。
grammar · medium
易错句子The area was depopulated from disease.
正确表达The area was depopulated by disease.
depopulated的被动语态中,执行者应用by引出,而非from。
depopulated 特指人口减少,depleted 泛指资源、数量等大量减少
depopulated 强调人口减少,desolated 强调地区被破坏、荒凉
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