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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don McCullin recorded the destruction of lives and families decimated by HIV/ AIDS in South Africa and Zambia.
  DonMcCullin记录了南非和赞比亚遭受艾滋病毒/艾滋病破坏的生活和家庭。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。