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decimated

英 [ˈdesɪmeɪtɪd]

美 [ˈdesɪmeɪtɪd]

v.  大量毁灭,大批杀死(某地区的动物、植物或人); 严重破坏; 大大削弱
decimate的过去分词和过去式

过去式:decimated 过去分词:decimated 

BNC.41613 / COCA.29563

柯林斯词典

  • VERB 大批杀死;大量毁灭
    Todecimatesomething such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
    1. 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。
    2. British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease.
      加勒比海地区的英国部队有大批的人病死。
  • VERB 严重削弱,大幅缩减(系统或机构)
    Todecimatea system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly.
    1. ...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry.
      使该国制造业元气大伤的经济衰退

双语例句

  • The massive air-raids decimated the civilian population of the city.
    空袭使这座城市里的大部分平民遇难。
  • The slowdown is blamed partly on unusually warm weather, a prolonged drought that decimated farm inventories and sent corn and soybean prices to new highs.
    经济放缓部分归咎于异常温暖的天气,持久干旱使得农场库存大幅下降,同时将玉米和大豆价格推至新高。
  • Apart from foreign exchange and a decimated unit for rates and credit trading, almost all fixed income businesses will be shut down.
    除了外汇和一个大幅缩小的利率和信贷交易部门,几乎所有固定收益产品业务都将被关闭。
  • Second, if it is claimed that acceleration in globalisation has decimated union membership, that is dubious.
    其次,如果有人声称,全球化加速大量减少了工会会员的数量,那这种观点也是可疑的。
  • Japanese military might must be decimated as a fighting force before its threat to civilization is removed.
    日本之武力,必须予以彻底摧毁,使其不复能作战,始可解除日本对于文明之威胁。
  • But television has not gone the way of the music business, which was decimated by the web.
    然而,电视没有像音乐产业那样被网络摧毁。
  • Famine decimated the population. and a large ingredient of hunger make, too.
    饥饿使人口大批死亡。以及饥饿会使食欲大增。
  • U.S.state and local governments are struggling to balance budgets after the recession decimated their finances.
    美国各州和地方政府在经济危机没钱后都在努力削减财政预算。
  • Tobacco used to be the country's major foreign currency earner, but consecutive years of drought and President Robert Mugabe's chaotic land reforms have decimated farming.
    烟草过去是津巴布韦主要的创汇产品,但是,连续多年的旱灾及罗伯特·穆加贝总统开展的混乱的土地改革,对烟草耕种造成了很大的破坏。
  • Similar impacts were seen during a major heat wave in1972, which decimated farmers in the former Soviet Union, helping to push grain prices to worryingly high levels.
    同样影响可见在1972年的热浪中,前苏联十分之一的农民帮助把粮食价格推上了峰巅。