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depletable
adjective
uk /dɪˈpliː.tə.bəl/ us /dɪˈpliː.t̬ə.bəl/
A depletable resource(= something useful or valuable) is no longer available when people have used it, or cannot be produced as quickly as it is used: 可耗尽的
His goal is to make the state less dependent on oil, coal, and other depletable resources. 他的目标是减少国家对石油、煤炭和其他可耗尽资源的依赖。
Opposite
non-depletable
Depletion of depletable fixed assets such as oil reserves, forests, or mineral extraction rights is equivalent to depreciation of cash assets.
The land itself is the renewable resource rather than the oil and gas inside it, which is depletable.
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