decimated

英 [ˈdesɪmeɪtɪd]

美 [ˈdesɪmeɪtɪd]

v.  大量毁灭，大批杀死(某地区的动物、植物或人); 严重破坏; 大大削弱
decimate的过去分词和过去式

过去式：decimated　过去分词：decimated　

BNC.41613 / COCA.29563

柯林斯词典

• VERB 大批杀死;大量毁灭
  Todecimatesomething such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
  1. The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers...
     污染可能会造成河边大量繁殖的翠鸟大批死亡。
  2. British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease.
     加勒比海地区的英国部队有大批的人病死。
• VERB 严重削弱，大幅缩减(系统或机构)
  Todecimatea system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly.
  1. ...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry.
     使该国制造业元气大伤的经济衰退

双语例句

• The disaster of the hollow road had decimated, but not discouraged them.
  那条凹路的灾害损伤了他们的元气，却不会伤及他们的勇气。
• Crops can be all too easily decimated by unchecked depredations by deer
  任由鹿糟蹋会很容易把庄稼都毁了。
• Fishermen fear valuable oyster and mussel beds could be decimated
  渔民们害怕宝贵的牡蛎和贻贝层会被破坏。
• They loaded the folders onto the rear of a bicycle rickshaw and walked them out of the decimated town.
  他们将这些资料安放在一辆人力三轮车后面，走出了这座已经被毁得差不多的城镇。
• Drought in the 1970s and the "ivory wars" of the 1980s decimated the population.
  20世纪70年代的干旱和80年代的“象牙战争”使大象数量锐减。
• Before long, all our croplands will be decimated!
  用不了多久，我们的田地都将被毁掉！
• The plague decimated the Emperor Justinian's tax-base, undermining his ability to battle the Vandals and the Goths and effectively ended the chance of uniting the Western and Eastern Roman Empires.
  这场瘟疫摧毁了查士丁尼大帝的税收基础，削弱了他对汪达尔人和哥特人的进攻，从而阻碍了东西罗马帝国的合并。
• Famine decimated the population. and a large ingredient of hunger make, too.
  饥饿使人口大批死亡。以及饥饿会使食欲大增。
• The source of90 percent of the world'scaviar, they are being decimated by poaching and pollution.
  占世界鱼子酱90%来源的鲟鱼正在被偷猎和污染大批杀害。
• British forces in the Caribbean were being decimated by disease.
  加勒比海地区的英国部队有大批的人病死。