Depleting the number of lobsters, for example, means that we are adding to the threat of coral decline.

例如，减少龙虾的数量意味着也增加了珊瑚群数量锐减的风险。

The direction and colors had been depleting my energy.

颜色的方向和消耗了我的精力。

Bans on ozone-depleting chemicals were not burdensome for US companies.

禁止排放破坏臭氧层的化学物质并不会给美国公司造成负担。

This is a song about overpopulation and the depleting of our resources.

这首歌是关于当今人口过剩和资源消耗等问题的。

Much of Yemen's water is mined from rapidly depleting underground aquifers.

也门的大部分用水都是从快速耗竭的地下蓄水层中开采的。

They also plant the same crop year after year, depleting the nutrients in the soil.

年复一年他们重复种同样的农作物，耗尽了土里的营养。

Those that did may have to recognise large, immediate losses, depleting their capital.

那些银行很可能已经意识到巨大的直接损失正在消耗着他们的资金。

Greed is also the reason why people are depleting natural resources at an unprecedented rate.

贪婪也是人们以史无前例的速率耗费自然资源的原因所在。

We can either spend our time depleting and draining our energy or by sustaining it and adding to it.

我们可以把时间用于消耗我们的精力，或者是维持精力并使之增加。

As atmospheric oxygen levels fall, less oxygen will dissolve in seawater, depleting levels slightly.

由于大气中氧气含量的减少，较少的氧气溶于海水，使得海水中的含氧量轻微的减少。

By 2010, close to 100 ozone-depleting substances, including CFCs, will have been phased out globally.

至2010年，包括氯氟烃在内的近100种消耗臭氧的物质将在全球范围内被淘汰。

Many out-of-work Americans have lost unemployment and severance benefits and are depleting their savings.

许多失业的美国人还失去了退职抚恤金，其积蓄也即将消耗殆尽。

But illegal logging is depleting the rainforest — and the U.S. is responsible for buying 80% of the mahogany.

然而，不法砍伐滥伐正在耗竭这篇原始森林——收购这里80%的红木的美国，应该对此负有责任。

But illegal logging is depleting the rainforest — and the U. S. is responsible for buying 80% of the mahogany.

然而，不法砍伐滥伐正在耗竭这篇原始森林——收购这里80%的红木的美国，应该对此负有责任。

Scientists are working with the Greenpeace crew, researching the effects of climate change on fast depleting sea ice.

科学家们正在与绿色和平组织的船员们一起研究有关气候变化对海冰快速损耗的影响。

Regulations are outlawing certain refrigerants, such as chlorofluorocarbons, which contain ozone-depleting chemicals.

某些制冷剂，如含氯氟烃已被相关规列列为非法，因为这些制冷剂含有破坏臭氧层的物质。

And from 2010 all new fridges will use CO2 systems that are non-ozone-depleting and have a much lower global warming potential.

从2010年起，所有新的冰箱都将使用CO2系统，这样就不会危害臭氧层，减少所带来的温室效应。

Without the decisions taken 20 years ago, atmospheric levels of ozone-depleting substances would have increased tenfold by 2050.

如果没有20年前作出的那些决定，那么至2050年，大气中臭氧消耗物质的浓度会增加到原来的10倍。

Human beings are living off naturalcapital, Brown argues, eroding soil and depleting groundwater faster than theycan be replenished.

布朗认为，人类依靠自然资源生活，土壤侵蚀，地下水消耗的速度比它们得到补充的速度要快。

Every year humans take more than 50 million tons of fish from the oceans without critically depleting the population of any species.

每年人类从海洋中捕捞约5千万吨的鱼类，但这并未导致任何鱼种的灭绝。

According to Nestle's Peter Brabeck, roughly 4,200 cubic kilometres of water could be used each year without depleting overall supplies.

根据雀巢公司彼得包必达所说，不算整体供应，每年要用掉大约4200立方千米的水。

The Montreal protocol, which banned various ozone-depleting chemicals, has left the ozone layer’s long-term prospects looking quite bonny.

《蒙特利尔议定书》规定禁止使用各种消耗臭氧层的化学物质，使臭氧层保护的远期前景显得非常良好。

The Montreal protocol, which banned various ozone-depleting chemicals, has left the ozone layer's long-term prospects looking quite Bonny.

因为《蒙特利尔议定书》的出台禁止了各种臭氧消耗性化学物质的排放，因而从长远维持了臭氧层的健康状况。

[color=#000000]If American Jews worry about assimilation depleting their numbers, so much more do the already less numerous Jews of Europe.

[font=Tahoma][color=#000000]如果美国犹太人担心同化会减少他们的人数，那么人数更少的欧洲犹太人就更应已经如此了。

After it built a bottling plant in Kerala, India, in 2000, Coca-Cola faced a barrage of criticism for allegedly depleting local groundwater.

2000年，它在印度碦拉拉邦建立了一家瓶装工厂后，公司受到了铺天盖地的批评，因为所谓的对当地地下水的消耗。

While asleep, suffers may stop breathing for between 10 to 25 seconds at a time, depleting the bloodstream and brain of vital oxygen supplies.

患者睡觉的时候可能会有10到25秒的时间是没有呼吸的，这会减少血流和大脑的供氧量。