单词
decimate
读音
ˈdesɪmeɪt
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释义
v. 大批杀害，大量毁灭；大大削弱，使……严重失效；抽杀……十分之一的人；十中抽一，取十分之一 [ 第三人称单数 decimates 现在分词 decimating 过去式 decimated 过去分词 decimated ]
例句
The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers.
污染可能大量毁灭在这条河茁壮成长的翠鸟群。
Joseph knows that it would decimate his father Jacob to lose Rachel's only remaining son.
约瑟夫知道，失去 Rachel 唯一剩下的儿子将严重削弱他的父亲雅各布。
Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy.
西尔伯说税收的回落可能导致大幅缩减为贫困人口提供的基本服务。
The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers.
污染可能大量毁灭在这条河茁壮成长的翠鸟群。
Joseph knows that it would decimate his father Jacob to lose Rachel's only remaining son.
约瑟夫知道，失去 Rachel 唯一剩下的儿子将严重削弱他的父亲雅各布。
Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy.
西尔伯说税收的回落可能导致大幅缩减为贫困人口提供的基本服务。
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that the word "nice" used to mean silly,and that the word "decimate"used to mean to kill one in every 10.
and if I upload it to a cloud service,then I actually decimate the bargaining power,the negotiation power of everybody around me,
But the job's not done yet.An object 140 meters or bigger could decimate a medium-sized country.So far, we've only found 25 percent of those.
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