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

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  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
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双语例句

  1. Fishermen fear valuable oyster and mussel beds could be decimated
    渔民们害怕宝贵的牡蛎和贻贝层会被破坏。
  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. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. 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。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. The slowdown is blamed partly on unusually warm weather, a prolonged drought that decimated farm inventories and sent corn and soybean prices to new highs.
    经济放缓部分归咎于异常温暖的天气，持久干旱使得农场库存大幅下降，同时将玉米和大豆价格推至新高。
  10. 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。
  11. The source of90 percent of the world'scaviar, they are being decimated by poaching and pollution.
    占世界鱼子酱90%来源的鲟鱼正在被偷猎和污染大批杀害。
  12. 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。
  13. 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。
  14. Before long, all our croplands will be decimated!
    用不了多久，我们的田地都将被毁掉！
  15. 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。
  16. 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。
  17. The current environmental stresses on oysters may in fact be partially responsible for recent outbreaks of disease that have already decimated many eastern oyster beds.
    当前环境对牡蛎带来的压力实际上也许在一定程度上与近期疾病的爆发导致很多东岸牡蛎床的大规模破坏有关。
  18. Slumping volumes and prices on the mainland have decimated the sector.
    内地市场低迷的交易量和价格已重创这一行业。
  19. And populations in small, isolated habitats are unlikely to be replenished once decimated by outbreaks of fire or other catastrophes.
    一旦突然发生火灾或因其它灾难而大批死亡，栖息地少而孤立的种群将很难恢复。
  20. 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。
  21. They also decimated the population of Earth as part of their plan to reduce it to more manageable numbers.
    他们也大量的残杀了地球上的人口，作为他们计划的一部分就是去减少人口的数量已达到更好控制的目的。
  22. U.S.state and local governments are struggling to balance budgets after the recession decimated their finances.
    美国各州和地方政府在经济危机没钱后都在努力削减财政预算。
  23. They loaded the folders onto the rear of a bicycle rickshaw and walked them out of the decimated town.
    他们将这些资料安放在一辆人力三轮车后面，走出了这座已经被毁得差不多的城镇。
  24. 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。
  25. But television has not gone the way of the music business, which was decimated by the web.
    然而，电视没有像音乐产业那样被网络摧毁。
  26. 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。
  27. Famine decimated the population. and a large ingredient of hunger make, too.
    饥饿使人口大批死亡。以及饥饿会使食欲大增。
  28. Tobacco used to be the country's major foreign currency earner, but consecutive years of drought and President Robert Mugabe's chaotic land reforms have decimated farming.
    烟草过去是津巴布韦主要的创汇产品，但是，连续多年的旱灾及罗伯特·穆加贝总统开展的混乱的土地改革，对烟草耕种造成了很大的破坏。
  29. 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。
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