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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Before long, all our croplands will be decimated!
  用不了多久，我们的田地都将被毁掉！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。