depleting
枯渇する
解説 Definition
depleting は deplete（使い果たす、枯渇させる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。資源や在庫、体力などが減っていく、またはそれらを減らしている状況を表します。
The present participle or gerund of deplete, describing an ongoing process in which a supply, resource, or reserve is being used up or greatly reduced. It commonly refers to water, fish stocks, energy, money, or other limited resources.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 deplete「使い果たす」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の e を落として depleting となります。発音の中心は「プリート」に近く、long drought is depleting water supplies のように、資源・在庫・体力を継続的に減らしている場面と結び付けて覚えます。
Connect depleting directly with the base verb deplete, meaning “to use up or greatly reduce.” When -ing is added, the final silent e is dropped: deplete becomes depleting. Picture a long drought steadily lowering a town’s water supply, or extra work gradually draining a team’s energy. The key idea is an ongoing reduction of something limited. Common patterns such as “depleting resources,” “depleting stocks,” and “depleting energy reserves” help fix both the form and its typical use in memory.
例文
The long drought is depleting the town's water supply.
長い干ばつで町の水の供給が枯渇しつつあります。
Overfishing is depleting fish stocks in the bay.
乱獲によって湾の魚の資源が減っています。
The team worried that the extra work was depleting their energy.
チームは追加の作業で自分たちの体力が消耗していることを心配しました。
depleting の類義語・関連語
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depleting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 deplere（de- 完全に + plere 満たす＝空にする）が語源。「満ちた状態を取り除く」が原義で、資源や体力の枯渇を表す。complete（完成する）、replete（満ちた）と同じ語根 plere を共有する。
Depleting is the -ing form of deplete. Deplete ultimately comes from Latin deplere, formed from de-, conveying removal or completeness, and plere, “to fill.” The historical image is therefore of removing fullness and leaving something empty. The same Latin root is associated with words such as complete and replete. In modern English, depleting normally describes the continuing reduction of supplies, reserves, strength, or other resources.
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