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

• They did not notice the cholera which decimated Paris precisely during that very month.
  那个月里，霍乱正在巴黎流行，死亡惨重，他们全不在意。
• 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。
• And populations in small, isolated habitats are unlikely to be replenished once decimated by outbreaks of fire or other catastrophes.
  一旦突然发生火灾或因其它灾难而大批死亡，栖息地少而孤立的种群将很难恢复。
• But television has not gone the way of the music business, which was decimated by the web.
  然而，电视没有像音乐产业那样被网络摧毁。
• Second, if it is claimed that acceleration in globalisation has decimated union membership, that is dubious.
  其次，如果有人声称，全球化加速大量减少了工会会员的数量，那这种观点也是可疑的。
• 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。
• But massive layoffs and sinking revenues at local and regional newspapers have decimated coverage of city halls, schools, and statehouses& places where "the people" ( meaning, taxpaying citizens) have a far bigger stake.
  但本地报社的大规模裁员以及不断下降的收入已经毁掉了对市政厅、学校和州议会大厦新闻的报道，而这些地方所发生的事情对“人民”（意即纳税人）的利害关系显然要大得多。
• The massive air-raids decimated the civilian population of the city.
  空袭使这座城市里的大部分平民遇难。
• Tobacco used to be the country's major foreign currency earner, but consecutive years of drought and President Robert Mugabe's chaotic land reforms have decimated farming.
  烟草过去是津巴布韦主要的创汇产品，但是，连续多年的旱灾及罗伯特·穆加贝总统开展的混乱的土地改革，对烟草耕种造成了很大的破坏。
• 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。