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decimates是什么意思

2023-12-26 15:05:17
decimates
美[desɪmeɪt]  英[desɪmeɪt]
v.  毁掉大部分;大量杀死;使骤减
  名词:decimation  过去式:decimated  过去分词:decimated  现在分词:decimating  第三人称单数:decimates
  近义词:annihilate,destroy,devastate,ruin,slaughter,laywaste,demolish,cutdown,butcher,lessen,extinguish,eradicate,eliminate,carryoff,wipeout,

英英释义

Verb
  1. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
  2. kill in large numbers;

    "the plague wiped out an entire population"

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。