Word · Frequency #25188
depopulation
人口减少；人口下降
the condition of an area having fewer inhabitants, or none at all
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The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.
人口减少的行为或状态；居民的毁灭或驱逐。
人口减少的行为或状态；居民的毁灭或驱逐。；人口下降
In use
The depopulation of the village began after the factory closed.
Many rural areas are experiencing depopulation as young people move to cities.
The government introduced new policies to slow the depopulation of the region.
the depopulation of [place]
of 后接地点，表示该地区人口减少。
The depopulation of the island has led to school closures.
该岛的人口减少导致学校关闭。
depopulation in [place]
in 后接地区，强调人口减少发生的区域。
Depopulation in the mountains has made it hard to keep services running.
山区的人口减少使得维持服务变得困难。
Common mistakes
The government is trying to depopulation the empty villages.The government is trying to depopulate the empty villages.
depopulation 是名词，表示“人口减少”；此处需要动词形式 depopulate（使……人口减少）。汉语没有词形变化，学习者容易把名词直接用作动词。
Many young people leave depopulation villages.Many young people leave depopulated villages.
修饰名词 villages 要用形容词 depopulated（人口减少的），不能把名词 depopulation 直接当定语。汉语里“人口减少的村庄”没有词形变化，所以易误用名词。
The depopulation of rural areas are a serious problem.The depopulation of rural areas is a serious problem.
主语中心词 depopulation 是单数，谓语应用 is，不能受后置定语 rural areas 的影响用 are。英语主谓一致取决于中心词。
Connections
Collocations
- rural depopulation
- 农村人口减少
- Rural depopulation has left many villages with only elderly residents.农村人口减少使许多村庄只剩下老年居民。
- mass depopulation
- 大规模人口减少
- War caused mass depopulation of the region.战争导致该地区大规模人口减少。
- urban depopulation
- 城市人口减少
- Urban depopulation followed the collapse of local industries.当地工业崩溃后，城市人口随之减少。
- depopulation of the countryside
- 农村地区的人口减少
- The depopulation of the countryside is a growing concern.农村地区的人口减少正日益引起关注。
- rapid depopulation
- 快速的人口减少
- The island has experienced rapid depopulation over the past decade.过去十年该岛人口急剧减少。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 depopulation 拆成 de（去掉）+ population（人口）：想象一座城市的人口都被‘去掉’了，越来越少。记住这是联想记忆，不是词源解释。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、policy reports、demographic studies depopulation 是正式用语，多用于学术论文、政策报告或新闻报道中讨论人口减少的情况；日常口语中比较常见的是 population decline 或 lose population。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Population, education, legislation, installation, and revelation all rhyme with depopulation in their stressed final syllable /leɪʃən/. Depopulate is a useful lookalike: it shares the -popul- spelling but stresses /ˈpɒp/, not /ˈleɪ/, so it does not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.