decimate

verb

1. 大量毁灭，大批杀死（某地区的动物、植物或人）
   to kill large numbers of animals, plants or people in a particular area
   1. The rabbit population was decimated by the disease.
      这种疾病使大批兔子死亡。
2. 严重破坏；大大削弱
   to severely damage sth or make sth weaker
   1. Cheap imports decimated the British cycle industry.
      廉价进口严重削弱了英国的自行车工业。

1. VERB 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.
   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。
2. VERB 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.
   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

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。
3. Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy
   西尔伯说税收的回落可能会大大减少为贫困人口提供的基本服务。
4. The problem with drugs is that they work, right up until the moment that they decimate your life.
   毒品最大的问题在于它们确实有用，直到摧毁你人生那一刻。
5. At a time when environmental groups are warning about over-fishing, it's unusual for a conservation group to encourage fishers to decimate a species.
   在这个各大环保组织不断提醒人们警惕过度捕捞的时代，有一个保护组织却鼓励渔民将一种鱼类赶尽杀绝，这真的非比寻常。
6. And many invaders actually boost biodiversity, not decimate it.
   更何况外来物种促进了生物多样性，而不是减少。
7. The lionfish gorge on small fish, mollusks and invertebrates, enough to fill out to as much as 480 grams and decimate local populations on the coral reefs they inhabit.
   狮子鱼以小鱼、软体动物、无脊椎动物为食，这些食物足以让狮子鱼增重480克，也足以让狮子鱼对当地珊瑚礁上的生物造成严重威胁。
8. However, the biggest issue with the sea lions is the rate at which they are consuming salmon. In addition to hurting local fisheries it could decimate the area's fish population if not stopped in time.
   然而，它们最大的威胁还是吃掉了大量村民赖以为生的鲑鱼，除了对当地渔业产生重创，如果不及时阻止的话，还可能让所有的鱼类都消失殆尽。
9. Scientists have discovered the trigger that can transform harmless locusts into swarms of billions that decimate crops across the developing world.
   科学家发现了引发无害的蝗虫组成成千上万蝗虫群体的原因，这些蝗群大规模破坏发展中国家的农作物。
10. The banshees cloak and attack the colossi as the terran ground forces decimate the protoss infantry.
    女妖隐身去攻击神族的巨像，同时地面杀死了大量神族的步兵。
11. Her range of weaponry could easily decimate any convoy she encountered.
    她强大的武器装备可以轻易地让任何和她遭遇的护航舰队灰飞烟灭。
12. Let me be quite clear that the Earth will not be destroyed, and there will be no mass deaths that will decimate the population.
    让我很清楚，地球不会被销毁，不会有大规模的死亡，将毁灭的人口。
13. Whoever would want him, they would have to decimate a franchise to get him.
    无论什么队想得到科比，他们都几乎要用整个球队去交换他。
14. Now experts fear a virulent fungus could decimate the few thousand frogs they estimate survive.
    如今，专家们担心有一种恶性真菌可能会毁灭被他们认为存活的几千只山鸡蛙。
15. But there was anger at government proposals to decimate armed forces numbers and cut back wages and promotions.
    然而这次游行中，抗议者表达了对政府削减军人编制、减少工资和提升机会的愤怒。
16. Imports hove continued to decimate the shoe industry.
    进口继续使鞋业衰退倒闭。
17. We have watched you under the ruling thumb of the dark decimate Mother Earth, ruining her waters, ground, and sky.
    我们已经看到你们无视法则毁灭地球母亲，毁灭她的水源，地面和天空。
18. The second chapter introduces the theory of multi-sample rate system including integer times decimate and interpose, multi-phase expression and identical transform of network structure.
    第二章介绍了多抽样率系统的基本理论其中包括整数倍抽取和整数倍内插及多抽样率系统中的多相表示。网络结构的恒等变换等。
19. According to multirate signal processing theory, the CIC filter and half band filter which are used to decimate or interpolate samples were studied for the implementation of the DDC of multi-level decimation architecture.
    根据多速率信号处理理论，研究了用于抽取/内插的CIC和半带滤波器，在此基础上完成了多级抽取结构的数字下变频设计。
20. This method modified the mesh simplification algorithm based on vertex merge, which can decimate the mesh greatly and efficiently by merging the vertices, and can preserve the topology of the original mesh very well.
    算法采用基于点到平面距离的误差控制方法，能根据用户指定的简化率通过使原始网格中的顶点合并达到大量简化的目的。
21. Based on decimate in frequency ( DIF) Radix-4 algorithm, a 6 levels pipeline structure was adopted. In each level, FIFO was used to delay sequence and it coupled with 4-road commutator was employed to change the sequence of address.
    该方法采用了按频率抽取（DIF）基4算法和6级流水线结构，每级均采用FIFO存储器实现延迟功能，和四路转接器一起共同完成序列的码位抽取。
22. At the same time, digital signal decimate algorithm and the alternative storage method were integrated in FPGA, which were considered for consecutive sample.
    为保证连续采样的实现，FPGA实现了数字信号抽取算法以及双SRAM的交替存取结构。
23. Through analyzing the features and performances of CIC filters, HB filters and multiphase-filter, we combine them with decimators and decimate the A/ D data, thus reducing the digital signal rate and the load of DSP when processing the base band signal.
    通过分析CIC滤波器、HB滤波器和多相滤波器的特点和性能，将它们与抽取器相结合，对A/D转换后的数据进行抽取，降低了信号采样率，减轻了后续DSP处理基带信号的压力。
24. This paper uses a criterion considering both the curvature and the geometry error to decimate the meshes.
    本文对已有算法进行研究总结，提出一种综合考虑曲率和几何误差的量度准则，并采用半边折叠进行网格合并的算法。
25. The virus replicate, proliferate in the cancer cell, activate apoptosis and its following pathways, which lead to oncolysis, the released progeny virions continue to infect the peripheral cancer cells and ultimately decimate all the cancer cell existed.
    病毒在肿瘤细胞内复制、增殖，导致肿瘤细胞溶解；并且激活凋亡通路，引起肿瘤细胞死亡，释放子代病毒继续感染周围的细胞，而达到杀灭所有肿瘤细胞的目的。

verb

1. kill in large numbers
   1. the plague wiped out an entire population

   Synonym:    eliminateannihilateextinguisheradicatewipe outcarry off

2. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies