decimate

英 [ˈdesɪmeɪt]

美 [ˈdesɪmeɪt]

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

过去分词：decimated　过去式：decimated　现在分词：decimating　第三人称单数：decimates　复数：decimates　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18601 / COCA.13942

牛津词典

verb

• 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。
• 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。

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

英英释义

verb

• kill in large numbers
  1. the plague wiped out an entire population
  Synonym:eliminateannihilateextinguisheradicatewipe outcarry off
• kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。