音标:['desimeit] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
vt. 每十人杀一人, 大批杀害
v. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
词型变化:过去分词 : decimated ; 过去式 : decimated ; 现在分词 : decimating ; 第三人称单数 : decimates ; 名词复数形式 : decimates
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decimate的用法和样例:

例句

  1. Student numbers have been decimated by cuts in grants.助学金削减後,学生人数大大减少。
  2. Disease has decimated the population.疾病使大部分人死亡。

经典引文

  • 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
【近义词】

10、Refute 第十位:Refute Refute means to disprove with evidence and yet its commonly used, even by professional writers, to mean rebut which carries a similar meaning but isnt quite so strong, as it can also mean argue against. The example here

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