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decimate v.毁掉大部分；大量杀死；使骤减 (1) 助学金削减後，学生人数大大减少。(2) 疾病使大部分人死亡。 The verb decimate originally referred to a form of capital punishment for Roman troops. If there was a rebellion, one out of every ten men (thus the dec in decimate) was put to death. So the word's first expanded usage was to mean a ten percent reduction or a ten percent tax. Modern usage gives the word decimate its "drastically reduced" meaning, but the verb can also be used to mean "to wipe out" or "to eliminate."

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英 ['desɪmeɪt] 美 ['desɪmeɪt] (1) Student numbers have been decimated by cuts in grants.(2) Disease has decimated the population. If something is drastically reduced or killed, especially in number, you can say it was decimated. "The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico decimated the wildlife along the coast." 1[VERB 动词]大批杀死；大量毁灭 To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.   [V n]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。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。decimation...the decimation of the great rain forests.广阔雨林大片的毁灭2[VERB 动词]严重削弱，大幅缩减(系统或机构) To decimate a system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly.   [V n]...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry.使该国制造业元气大伤的经济衰退decimationGovernment policies have resulted in a decimation of essential services used by the poor.政府的政策导致穷人所能享受到的基础服务大大减少。

英语单词	decimate
英美音标	英 ['desɪmeɪt] 美 ['desɪmeɪt]
中文释义	v.毁掉大部分；大量杀死；使骤减
英语例句	(1) Student numbers have been decimated by cuts in grants. (2) Disease has decimated the population.
中文例句	(1) 助学金削减後，学生人数大大减少。 (2) 疾病使大部分人死亡。
vocabulary简明	If something is drastically reduced or killed, especially in number, you can say it was decimated. "The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico decimated the wildlife along the coast."
vocabulary扩展	The verb decimate originally referred to a form of capital punishment for Roman troops. If there was a rebellion, one out of every ten men (thus the dec in decimate) was put to death. So the word's first expanded usage was to mean a ten percent reduction or a ten percent tax. Modern usage gives the word decimate its "drastically reduced" meaning, but the verb can also be used to mean "to wipe out" or "to eliminate."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]大批杀死；大量毁灭 To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them. [V n] 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。 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。 decimation ...the decimation of the great rain forests. 广阔雨林大片的毁灭 2 [VERB 动词]严重削弱，大幅缩减(系统或机构) To decimate a system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly. [V n] ...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry. 使该国制造业元气大伤的经济衰退 decimation Government policies have resulted in a decimation of essential services used by the poor. 政府的政策导致穷人所能享受到的基础服务大大减少。

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