underpopulated

基本解釋

The former bears its own unique cultural values as it shifted from a "vast under-populated land" to a "small densely populated one".
南方從“地廣人稀”到“地小人眾”，其風(fēng)俗文化也由“粗放型”轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)椤凹s型”，形成了獨(dú)特的文化價(jià)值選擇。
In Res. 1973, the limitation is that the use of force must be directed at protecting civilians and civilian populated areas under threat of attack.
1973號決議的限制，在于使用武力必須為了保護(hù)受到威脅的平民和平民聚居地區(qū)。
Under this, Serb-populated areas of Kosovo were to have extensive autonomy.
（根據(jù)這個(gè)計(jì)劃，科索沃境內(nèi)的塞爾維亞人居住區(qū)需要被授予大范圍的自治權(quán)。）能不能改進(jìn)下：在這個(gè)計(jì)劃的框架下，科索沃境內(nèi)的塞族人聚居區(qū)享有廣泛的自治權(quán)。注意be to do的意思

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Spain for example gave birth to the first modern ghost towns, whole mini-cities that were so under-populated their were incapable of supporting an infrastructure, created in part because its construction industry has been subsidised by European money for the past twenty five years.
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You describe a country or region as underpopulated when it could support a much larger population than it has.