Millions of acres of wetlands were dried to feed and house the ever-increasing populations, greatly reducing waterfowl habitat. 为了解决不断增长的人口的吃住需求,数百万英亩的湿地都被抽干,从而极大地减少了水禽的栖息地。
He worked the whipping-boy mine to ever-increasing profit. 他把那代鞭的男孩当做一个矿山开采,得到的好处越来越大了。