You can think of " deplete" as " using up or lessening over time" .

你可以把“deplete”理解为“随时间的推移耗尽或减少”。

More than half the money is grants not loans, lessening the effect on national debt.

一半以上的资金是赠而不是，减少了对国家债务的影响。

Those include an exchange rate set by foreign exchange markets and lessening the military's hold on the economy.

其中包括由外汇市场决定汇率，以及减少军方对经济的控制。

That is not an unnatural surmise, said Fitzwilliam, but it is lessening the honour of my cousin's triumph very sadly.

“种推断倒不能说不合情理。”费茨威廉说。“我表兄本来是一团高兴，给你样一说，他的功劳可要大大地打折啦。”

He kissed her cheek, and departed in great misery, which was several hours in lessening itself to a controllable level.

他吻了吻她的脸颊，就走了，心情十分苦恼，种苦恼要过好几个小时后才减轻到可以控制的程度。

Wetlands are generally most effective at lessening the harm from small to moderate surges of ocean water, said Ed Link.

埃德·林克说，湿地通常对减轻小到中等程度的海水冲击带来的危害最有效。

More consciousness means a lessening of the illusion of materiality.

更多的意识意质幻觉的减少。

Here, we're lessening it a little bit.

在里， 我们稍微减少了它。

I saw you like a speck on a white track, lessening every moment.

我看见你像一粒微小的点，在一条白色的道路上，每时每刻都在缩小。

Other self-care techniques like meditating and yoga can be effective in lessening anxiety too.

冥想和瑜伽等其他自我保健技巧也可以有效减轻焦虑。

However, that opposition appears to be lessening as the Olympics near.

然而，随奥运会的临近，种反对情绪似乎正在减弱。

We might also talk about lessening the severity of something.

我们也可能谈到减轻某事的严重性。

I think the cultural stranglehold of AA is lessening a little bit.

我认为AA的文化束缚正在稍微减弱一些。

And we're lessening the importance of those things in our own country.

我们在自己的国家减少了些东西的重要性。

We're looking for a lessening, a tertiary statistic.

我们正在寻找一个较小的数值，一个第三级的统计数据。

So sometimes you're lessening it, you're delaying it.

所以有时候你会减轻它，或者延迟它。

And from our troubled view the lessening lands retreat.

从我们不安的角度来看，减少的土地撤退了。

This has the effect of lessening the signals seen on the chart.

会减少图表上出现的信号。

By lessening their impact on the environment, resort owners can also increase their profits.

通过减少对环境的影响，度假村业主还可以增加利润。

Trump spoke of the lessening power of the Islamic State in that part of the world.

特朗普谈到伊斯兰国在世界那个地区的力量正在减弱。