1VERB (大批地)居住于,生活于,栖居于 If an area is populated by certain people or animals, those people or animals live there, often in large numbers. (大批地)居住于,生活于,栖居于
Before all this the island was populated by native American Arawaks. [beVERB-ed]
在所有这一切发生之前,这个岛上居住的是印第安阿拉瓦克人。
...native Sindhis, who populate the surrounding villages. [VERB noun]
生活在周围村庄的当地信德人
populated
The southeast is the most densely populated area.
东南部是人口最稠密的地区。
Rural areas are sparsely populated.
乡村地区人烟稀少。
-populated
Shelling from federal army tanks razed half the houses in the Croat-populated part of Glina.
联邦军坦克的炮击将格利纳的克罗地亚人居住区一半的房屋夷为平地。
2VERB 向…移民 To populate an area means to cause people to live there. 向…移民 [Also VERB n]
Successive regimes annexed the region and populated it with lowland people. [VERB noun + with]
各继任政权吞并了该地区,并将低地的人们迁移到了这里。
3VERB 在…中占有位置;占据 The people or characters who populate an area of public life or a piece of entertainment are the people or characters in it. 在…中占有位置;占据
...the diligent and discreet technocrats who populate the upper reaches of French power.
占据法国政权上层的勤勉、审慎的技术专家型官员
...the sort of low-life characters who populate the film. [VERB noun]