单词:decimate
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
考试类型:[GRE]
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
decimate的用法和样例:
例句
- Student numbers have been decimated by cuts in grants.助学金削减後,学生人数大大减少。
- 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. LehmannPlague decimated Moscow in 1771.
出自:V. Cronin
【近义词】
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