decimate

英 [ˈdesɪmeɪt]

美 [ˈdesɪmeɪt]

v.  大量毁灭，大批杀死(某地区的动物、植物或人); 严重破坏; 大大削弱

过去分词：decimated　过去式：decimated　现在分词：decimating　第三人称单数：decimates　复数：decimates　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18601 / COCA.13942

牛津词典

verb

• 大量毁灭，大批杀死（某地区的动物、植物或人）
  to kill large numbers of animals, plants or people in a particular area
  1. The rabbit population was decimated by the disease.
     这种疾病使大批兔子死亡。
• 严重破坏；大大削弱
  to severely damage sth or make sth weaker
  1. Cheap imports decimated the British cycle industry.
     廉价进口严重削弱了英国的自行车工业。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 大批杀死;大量毁灭
  Todecimatesomething such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
  1. 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。
  2. British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease.
     加勒比海地区的英国部队有大批的人病死。
• VERB 严重削弱，大幅缩减(系统或机构)
  Todecimatea system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly.
  1. ...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry.
     使该国制造业元气大伤的经济衰退

英英释义

verb

• kill in large numbers
  1. the plague wiped out an entire population
  Synonym:eliminateannihilateextinguisheradicatewipe outcarry off
• kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

双语例句

• The banshees cloak and attack the colossi as the terran ground forces decimate the protoss infantry.
  女妖隐身去攻击神族的巨像，同时地面杀死了大量神族的步兵。
• The lionfish gorge on small fish, mollusks and invertebrates, enough to fill out to as much as 480 grams and decimate local populations on the coral reefs they inhabit.
  狮子鱼以小鱼、软体动物、无脊椎动物为食，这些食物足以让狮子鱼增重480克，也足以让狮子鱼对当地珊瑚礁上的生物造成严重威胁。
• Let me be quite clear that the Earth will not be destroyed, and there will be no mass deaths that will decimate the population.
  让我很清楚，地球不会被销毁，不会有大规模的死亡，将毁灭的人口。
• The second chapter introduces the theory of multi-sample rate system including integer times decimate and interpose, multi-phase expression and identical transform of network structure.
  第二章介绍了多抽样率系统的基本理论其中包括整数倍抽取和整数倍内插及多抽样率系统中的多相表示。网络结构的恒等变换等。
• Imports hove continued to decimate the shoe industry.
  进口继续使鞋业衰退倒闭。
• But there was anger at government proposals to decimate armed forces numbers and cut back wages and promotions.
  然而这次游行中，抗议者表达了对政府削减军人编制、减少工资和提升机会的愤怒。
• And many invaders actually boost biodiversity, not decimate it.
  更何况外来物种促进了生物多样性，而不是减少。
• At the same time, digital signal decimate algorithm and the alternative storage method were integrated in FPGA, which were considered for consecutive sample.
  为保证连续采样的实现，FPGA实现了数字信号抽取算法以及双SRAM的交替存取结构。
• Now experts fear a virulent fungus could decimate the few thousand frogs they estimate survive.
  如今，专家们担心有一种恶性真菌可能会毁灭被他们认为存活的几千只山鸡蛙。
• British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease.
  加勒比海地区的英国部队有大批的人病死。