decimate
美音:[´desə´meıt
]
英音:[´desə´meıt
]
vt.每十人杀一人,大批杀害
难易程度:
decimate为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:decimation 动词过去式:decimated 过去分词:decimated 现在分词:decimating 第三人称单数:decimates
近义词, 同义词
subduct subtract deduct deduce abate retrench remove withdraw take from take away detract mutilate amputate cut off cut away cut out excise pare thin prune decimate abrade scrape file geld castrate eliminate diminish curtail shorten deprive of take weakenbe few be rare reduce diminish the number weed out eliminate cull thin decimate
decimate
/'desɪmeɪt; `dɛsə,met/
v [Tn]
(a) kill or destroy a large part of (sth) 杀死或毁坏（某物）之大部
*Disease has decimated the population. 疾病使大部分人死亡.
(b) (infml 口) reduce (sth) considerably 相当程度地减少、降低（某事物）
*Student numbers have been decimated by cuts in grants. 助学金削减後, 学生人数大大减少.
v [Tn]
(a) kill or destroy a large part of (sth) 杀死或毁坏（某物）之大部
*Disease has decimated the population. 疾病使大部分人死亡.
(b) (infml 口) reduce (sth) considerably 相当程度地减少、降低（某事物）
*Student numbers have been decimated by cuts in grants. 助学金削减後, 学生人数大大减少.
decimate
v [T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: decimatus, past participle of decimare 'to remove one tenth, kill one in ten', from decem 'ten']
to destroy a large part of something
The population has been decimated by disease.
>decimation [,desɪ'meɪʃən/
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: decimatus, past participle of decimare 'to remove one tenth, kill one in ten', from decem 'ten']
to destroy a large part of something
The population has been decimated by disease.
>decimation [,desɪ'meɪʃən/
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