Mr Powell-Taylor says that depopulation exacerbates the problem.
鲍威尔-泰勒先生说人口的急剧减少使得该问题更加严重。
IN HIS 1891 novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy lamented the depopulation of the English countryside.
1891年,托马斯·哈代(Thomas Hardy)在其著名的小说《德伯家的苔丝》(Tess of the D’Urbervilles)中为英国乡村人口的减少而扼腕叹息。
On one side were those who feared depopulation of the nation's farms would burden the nation's growing cities and might cause food prices to rise dangerously.