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

• At a time when environmental groups are warning about over-fishing, it's unusual for a conservation group to encourage fishers to decimate a species.
  在这个各大环保组织不断提醒人们警惕过度捕捞的时代，有一个保护组织却鼓励渔民将一种鱼类赶尽杀绝，这真的非比寻常。
• 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。
• Based on decimate in frequency ( DIF) Radix-4 algorithm, a 6 levels pipeline structure was adopted. In each level, FIFO was used to delay sequence and it coupled with 4-road commutator was employed to change the sequence of address.
  该方法采用了按频率抽取（DIF）基4算法和6级流水线结构，每级均采用FIFO存储器实现延迟功能，和四路转接器一起共同完成序列的码位抽取。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The problem with drugs is that they work, right up until the moment that they decimate your life.
  毒品最大的问题在于它们确实有用，直到摧毁你人生那一刻。