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。
• Many other large companies have also seen their profits decimated by a slump in sales and a rise in the value of the yen.
  其他大公司也由于销售不景气和日圆的升值，公司利润都大幅亏损。
• Before long, all our croplands will be decimated!
  用不了多久，我们的田地都将被毁掉！
• Slumping volumes and prices on the mainland have decimated the sector.
  内地市场低迷的交易量和价格已重创这一行业。
• Similar impacts were seen during a major heat wave in1972, which decimated farmers in the former Soviet Union, helping to push grain prices to worryingly high levels.
  同样影响可见在1972年的热浪中，前苏联十分之一的农民帮助把粮食价格推上了峰巅。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。