decimate 详细解释
decimate
['desimeit]
v. 毁掉大部分, 大量杀死, 使骤减
v. 抽杀十分之一的人
词形变化
名词: decimation | 动词过去式: decimated | 动词过去分词: decimated | 动词现在分词: decimating | 动词第三人称单数: decimates |
词义辨析
同义参见:
英英释义
动词 decimate:
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
kill in large numbers
同义词：eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, carry off
补充
decimatedecimate英:[ˈdesimeit] 美:[ˈdɛsəˌmet]vt.1.杀死或毁灭(某物)的大部Disease decimated the population.疾病使大批人死亡。2.相当程度地减少或降低例句
1. The war cost millions of lives and decimated three generations.战争使数百万人丧生, 毁了整整三代人。 2. 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。 3. British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease.疾病正夺去英国驻加勒比地区大批军人的性命。 4. The population was decimated by a plague.人口中的大部分被一场瘟疫所毁。 5. Famine decimated the population.饥荒使人口大批丧生。 6. the inhabitants of the country had been decimated.该国居民被大批杀害。 7. public transport has been decimated.公共交通元气大伤。 8. The rabbit population was decimated by the disease.大批兔子死于疾病。 9. This kind of moth is responsible for decimating thousands of trees in our town.这种飞蛾是破坏我们镇子成千上万棵树木的罪魁祸首。 10. The bay's lobsters have been decimated by disease.海湾里的龙虾因疾病而大批死亡。 11. The village/population was decimated by plague.瘟疫导致村民/人口大幅减少。 12. Budget cuts have decimated public services in small towns.预算削减已经严重破坏了小城镇的公共服务。 13. The landscape is decimated by pollution.这片风景因污染而受到严重破坏。 14. the company's decimated stock prices这家公司受到重挫的股价热门单词推荐
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