decimate

英 ['desɪmeɪt] 美 ['desɪmeɪt]

• v. 毁掉大部分；大量杀死；使骤减

毁掉大部..

大量杀死

使骤减

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

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。

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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

decimate的相关资料：

近反义词

【近义词】

• annihilate 消灭
• destroy 破坏
• devastate 毁坏
• ruin 毁灭
• slaughter 残杀
• lay waste 荒芜(尚未开垦)...
• demolish 拆毁
• cut down 削减
• butcher 屠夫
• lessen 减少
• extinguish 熄灭
• eradicate 根除
• eliminate 除去
• carry off 带走
• wipe out 消灭

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