overcultivate

• 动词，指对土地进行过度耕作或栽培，常导致土壤肥力下降或耗尽。

A verb used to indicate the act of cultivating land excessively, often leading to soil depletion or reduced fertility.

1. Exhaust by excessive cultivationC1formal

   To deplete the soil's nutrients or degrade its quality by farming it too intensively or repeatedly without allowing it to rest.

   过度耕作致贫瘠

   • Farmers who overcultivate their land often face reduced crop yields.
   • The region's soil became barren after decades of being overcultivated.
   • Overcultivating the fields led to severe erosion and loss of fertility.

   同义词depleteexhaustoverexploitoverwork