underpopulated

基本解释

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“地小人衆”，其風俗文化也由“粗放型”轉變爲“集約型”，形成了獨特的文化價值選擇。
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，在於使用武力必須爲了保護受到威脇的平民和平民聚居地區。
Under this, Serb-populated areas of Kosovo were to have extensive autonomy.
（根據這個計劃，科索沃境內的塞爾維亞人居住區需要被授予大範圍的自治權。）能不能改進下：在這個計劃的框架下，科索沃境內的塞族人聚居區享有廣泛的自治權。注意be to do的意思

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The government says it is looking for places for them in under-populated areas, and that it will also implement training programmes to enable some to get out of farming entirely.
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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.