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

• Before long, all our croplands will be decimated!
  用不了多久，我们的田地都将被毁掉！
• They also decimated the population of Earth as part of their plan to reduce it to more manageable numbers.
  他们也大量的残杀了地球上的人口，作为他们计划的一部分就是去减少人口的数量已达到更好控制的目的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Japanese military might must be decimated as a fighting force before its threat to civilization is removed.
  日本之武力，必须予以彻底摧毁，使其不复能作战，始可解除日本对于文明之威胁。
• 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。
• 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。