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

• 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。
• He came into a company [ Fiat] whose reputation was tarnished and whose brand equity had been decimated.
  当他接管菲亚特的时候，菲亚特的名声已经受损，而且品牌资产大幅下跌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Apart from foreign exchange and a decimated unit for rates and credit trading, almost all fixed income businesses will be shut down.
  除了外汇和一个大幅缩小的利率和信贷交易部门，几乎所有固定收益产品业务都将被关闭。