decimate

英['desɪmeɪt] 美['desɪmeɪt]
  • v. 毁掉大部分；大量杀死；使骤减
decimation decimated decimated decimating decimates
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详细释义

Verb:
  1. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

  2. kill in large numbers;

    "the plague wiped out an entire population"

双语例句

1. Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy.
西尔伯说税收的回落可能会大大减少为贫困人口提供的基本服务。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers.
污染可能会造成河边大量繁殖的翠鸟大批死亡。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers.
污染可能会造成河边大量繁殖的翠鸟大批死亡。

来自辞典例句

4. Many adversities decimate the fluke numbers.
许多很不利的因素可使吸虫数量减少十分之一.

来自辞典例句

5. Her range of weaponry could easily decimate any convoy she encountered.
她强大的武器装备可以轻易地让任何和她遭遇的护航舰队灰飞烟灭.

来自互联网

    1. Student numbers have been decimated by cuts in grants.
      助学金削减後，学生人数大大减少。
    2. Disease has decimated the population.
      疾病使大部分人死亡。

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decipher decimal decimate carloads decimate a regiment
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