decimated

英['desɪmeɪt] 美['desɪmeɪt]
  • v.毁掉大部分;大量杀死;使骤减
decimation decimated decimated decimating decimates
  • decimal adj.小数的;十进位的n.小数
  • radix n.[数]基数;根值;[植]根
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"

    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。