decimate
- v. 大批杀害，大量毁灭；大大削弱，使……严重失效；抽杀……十分之一的人；十中抽一，取十分之一
[ 第三人称单数 decimates 现在分词 decimating 过去式 decimated 过去分词 decimated ]
网络释义专业释义英英释义
decimate sift 分样筛
decimate decimation 大批杀害
rotate add decimate 以旋转求和抽取 ; 旋转求和抽取
decimate in frequency 按频率抽取
decimate e 毁掉大部分
decimate sth 大大削弱
decimate destroy 大量毁灭
decimate carloads 十车货物中取一车的税收
decimate [ 'desimeit ]
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v.
- kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
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kill in large numbers
同义词： eliminate annihilate extinguish eradicate wipe out carry off
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
decimate /ˈdɛsɪˌmeɪt/ TEM8 ( decimating, decimated, decimates )
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V-T To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them. 大量毁灭
例：The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers.
污染可能大量毁灭在这条河茁壮成长的翠鸟群。
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2.
V-T To decimate a system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly. 严重削弱
例：...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry.
…严重削弱了该国制造业的一次经济衰退。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers.
污染可能大量毁灭在这条河茁壮成长的翠鸟群。
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Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy.
西尔伯说税收的回落可能导致大幅缩减为贫困人口提供的基本服务。
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Unfortunately, it took the explorers and the settlers who followed only a few decades to decimate a large part of these resources.
不幸的是，仅仅几十年以后，探险家和随后而来的定居者就摧毁了大部分的资源。
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And Joseph knows that it would decimate his father Jacob to lose Rachel's only remaining son, but he's testing his brothers to see whether they have reformed since the day that they sold him into slavery.
约瑟夫知道这将打击他父亲雅各布,如果失去Rachel唯一剩下的儿子，但他只想考验兄弟看他们是否改过自新,在他们把他变卖为奴之后。
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