"depopulate" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 使人口减少

Definition

使一个地方的人口大幅减少，通常直到只剩很少人甚至没人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于正式用语，多用于历史、科学或新闻语境，强调因战争、疾病、灾害或政策等导致大规模人口减少。不是指个人离开，而是集体数量大幅减少。

Examples

War can depopulate entire regions.

战争可能会**使人口减少**整个地区。

Diseases sometimes depopulate small villages.

疾病有时会**导致人口减少**小村庄。

A drought can depopulate a farming town.

干旱可能会**使人口减少**农业小镇。

The disease quickly depopulated the area after the outbreak.

疫情爆发后，疾病很快**使该地区人口减少**。

If the city continues to lose jobs, it could completely depopulate in the next decade.

如果城市继续失业，未来十年可能会完全**成为无人区**。

Throughout history, natural disasters have depopulated remote islands.

历史上，自然灾害曾多次**让偏远岛屿人口减少**。