decimate
v.
毀掉大部分；大量殺死；使驟減
英語翻譯 Verb:
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kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
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kill in large numbers;
\\\"the plague wiped out an entire population\\\"
造句
- Student numbers have been decimated by cuts in grants.
助學金削減後，學生人數大大減少。
- Disease has decimated the population.
疾病使大部分人死亡。
常用短語
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All my parents\\\' friends, all my friends\\\' brothers were getting killed. Our circle was decimated.
出自：R. Lehmann
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Plague decimated Moscow in 1771.
出自：V. Cronin
近義反義詞 【近義詞】
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annihilate
消滅
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destroy
破壞
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devastate
毀壞
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ruin
毀滅
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slaughter
殘殺
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lay waste
荒蕪(尚未開墾)...
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demolish
拆毀
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cut down
削減
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butcher
屠夫
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lessen
減少
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extinguish
熄滅
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eradicate
根除
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eliminate
除去
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carry off
帶走
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wipe out
消滅
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