depletion
[dɪ'pliʃən]
n. 消耗, 耗尽, 血

[医] 排除, 缺(液体), 衰竭[状态](缺液)

[] 耗, 耗减

1. The result, unsurprisingly, is resource depletion.
   致资源消耗，令意。
2. Couldn't the rate of depletion be halved for noon-combat times?
   否将战斗状态消耗减？
3. We should do our best to stop ozone depletion in the atmosphere.
   应该尽阻气层臭氧耗尽。

depletion
[ noun ]

1. the act of decreasing something markedly

<noun.act>

2. the state of being depleted

<noun.state>

Depletion \De*ple"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]pl['e]tion.]
1. The act of depleting or emptying.

2. (Med.) the act or process of diminishing the quantity of
fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also
excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea.