1. The famine threatened to depopulate the continent.
饥荒威胁着该大陆人口数量。

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2. Keep in mind: at the start of this century, many experts predicted that AIDS would depopulate the African region, raising the prospect of state failure in the hardest-hit places.
要知道,本世纪之初时,许多专家曾预言艾滋病将使非洲区域人口减少,并指出受影响最严重地区的国家将面临失败的前景。

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3. Keep in mind: at the start of this century, many experts predicted that AIDS would depopulate the African region, raising the prospect of state failure in the hardest-hit places.
要知道,本世纪之初时,许多专家曾预言艾滋病将使非洲区域人口减少,并指出受影响最严重地区的国家将面临失败的前景。

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