单词：decimates
音标：[ˈdesəˌmeɪts] ；
v. 杀死或毁灭（某物）的大部( decimate的第三人称单数 ); 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
v kill in large numbers
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
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