decimate

中英词典：decimate

1. 名词

decimate

1. 被削弱、破坏、杀死的人或物体的数量减少至十分之一。

词语辨析

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词汇扩充

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近义词

annihilate, destroy, eradicate, exterminate, obliterate

反义词

increase, multiply, reproduce

2. 形容词

decimate

1. 被削弱、破坏、杀死的数量减少至十分之一的。

词语辨析

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词汇扩充

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近义词

annihilated, destroyed, eradicated, exterminated, obliterated

反义词

increased, multiplied, reproduced

柯林斯词典（Collins Dictionary）

decimate (verb)

1. If a group of people or animals is decimated, a very large number of them are killed.
2. If a disease or epidemic decimates a group of people or animals, it kills a very large number of them.
3. If a place or civilization is decimated by something such as a war or disease, a very large number of the people in it are killed or die.
4. If you are decimated by something, a large number of you are killed, defeated, or seriously damaged.

牛津词典（Oxford Dictionary）

decimate (verb)

1. Kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of.
2. Drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something).

用法

1. The plague decimated the population.
（瘟疫使人口减少了九分之一。）

2. The indigenous population was decimated by the arrival of the colonizers.
（原住民在殖民者的到来后减少了九分之一。）

3. The earthquake decimated the city, leaving only ruins behind.
（地震摧毁了城市，只剩下废墟。）

4. The company was decimated by the economic crisis and had to lay off a large number of employees.
（公司在经济危机中损失惨重，不得不裁员。）

5. The army was decimated in the battle, with only a few soldiers surviving.
（军队在战斗中损失惨重，只有少数士兵幸存。）

6. The team's morale was decimated after their loss in the championship.
（球队在锦标赛中失利后士气低落。）

7. The forest fire decimated the wildlife habitat, causing irreversible damage.
（森林大火破坏了野生动物的栖息地，造成了不可逆转的损失。）

8. The financial crisis decimated the country's economy.
（金融危机使该国经济遭受重创。）

9. The flood decimated the crops, leading to a food shortage.
（洪水毁掉了庄稼，导致粮食短缺。）

10. The epidemic decimated the population, leaving only a few survivors.
（这次疫情使人口减少了九分之一，只剩下少数幸存者。）