decimate

  畅通词汇  
['desɪmeɪt]     ['desɪmeɪt]    
  • v. 毁掉大部分;大量杀死;使骤减
decimation decimated decimated decimating decimates
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decimate的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

英英释义

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"

decimate的用法和样例:

例句

  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。

经典引文

  • All my parents' friends, all my friends' brothers were getting killed. Our circle was decimated.

    出自: R. Lehmann
  • Plague decimated Moscow in 1771.

    出自: V. Cronin

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