英
['desɪmeɪt]
美
['desɪmeɪt]
- v. 毁掉大部分；大量杀死；使骤减
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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:
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kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
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kill in large numbers;
"the plague wiped out an entire population"
decimate的用法和样例：
例句
- Student numbers have been decimated by cuts in grants.
助学金削减後，学生人数大大减少。 - Disease has decimated the population.
疾病使大部分人死亡。
经典引文
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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
