音标:[ˈdesəˌmeɪtid] ;
v. 杀死或毁灭(某物)的大部( decimate的过去式和过去分词 ); 相当程度地减少或降低
v kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
v kill in large numbers

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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
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