• vt. 居住于；構(gòu)成人口；移民于；殖民于

popul-,人，民眾，-ate,使。引申詞義居住，遷移等。

populate (v.)

1610s, from Medieval Latin populatus, past participle of populare "inhabit, to people," from Latin populus "inhabitants, people, nation" (see people (n.)). Related: Populated; populating.

1. Immigrants from all over the world populate this city.

這個城市里生活著來自世界各地的移民.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Of course, also, we have helped to populate other countries.

當(dāng)然我們也曾經(jīng)幫助過其他國家,到它們那去殖民.

來自辭典例句

3. To populate the toolbar, the button was adapted from its traditional home on the dialog box.

現(xiàn)在這是一個已成事實(shí)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的習(xí)慣用法,和菜單欄一樣為人熟知, 按鈕從傳統(tǒng)的對話框移居到了工具欄中.

來自About Face 3交互設(shè)計(jì)精髓

4. A problem occurred when the wizard attempted to populate the cluster hive.

向?qū)г噲D填充群集配置單元時發(fā)生錯誤.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. Algae microorganisms in the water, over populate because the surplus nitrogen.

水中微生物水藻因?yàn)檫^剩的氮而大量繁殖.

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