overexploit

A verb used to indicate the act of using a resource or system excessively or beyond sustainable limits, often leading to depletion or damage.

• 🇨🇳指对资源、系统或生物种群等进行过度开发利用，超出可持续范围，通常导致资源枯竭或生态破坏。

1. Excessively use resources C1 formal

   To use natural or other resources to an excessive or unsustainable degree.

   • The fishing industry has overexploited the ocean's fish stocks.
   • Farmers overexploit the soil, leading to desertification.
   • Overexploiting groundwater can cause severe environmental damage.

   🇨🇳过度开发

   同义词: depleteexhaustoverdrawovertaxoveruse

   反义词: conservehusbandpreserveprotect

• overexploited past participle
• overexploited past simple
• overexploiting present participle
• overexploits third person singular