Depletion

(noun.) the act of decreasing something markedly.

(noun.) the state of being depleted.

编辑:帕梅拉

• But the work of depletion commenced. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It was a mere question of arithmetic to calculate how long they could hold out while that rate of depletion was going on. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• No patient will like it--certainly not Peacock's, who have been used to depletion. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Sherman's army, after all the depletions, numbered about sixty thousand effective men. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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