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

• 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。
• 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。
• Its population was decimated in the past century by commercial fishing and dams that sealed off its migratory spawning routes.
  上世纪，商业性捕鱼和阻挡洄游产卵路线的水坝建设导致其数量骤减。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They did not notice the cholera which decimated Paris precisely during that very month.
  那个月里，霍乱正在巴黎流行，死亡惨重，他们全不在意。
• 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。