decimate

美 [ˈdesɪmeɪt]英 [ˈdesɪmeɪt]
  • vt.大量毁灭,大批杀死(某地区的动物、植物或人);严重破坏;杀戮;大大削弱

派生词: decimation n. 过去式: decimated 现在分词: decimating 过去分词: decimated 第三人称单数: decimates

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verb

1

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

The rabbit population was decimated by the disease.

这种疾病使大批兔子死亡。

2

严重破坏;大大削弱
to severely damage sth or make sth weaker

Cheap imports decimated the British cycle industry.

廉价进口严重削弱了英国的自行车工业。

3


decimate

频次

  • 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.

    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。

  • ...the decimation of the great rain forests.

    广阔雨林大片的毁灭

  • 3
    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.

    ...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry.

    使该国制造业元气大伤的经济衰退

  • Government policies have resulted in a decimation of essential services used by the poor.

    政府的政策导致穷人所能享受到的基础服务大大减少。

verb

1
kill in large numbers
the plague wiped out an entire population
Synonym: eliminate annihilate extinguish eradicate wipe out carry off
2
kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

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  1. The use of an antimicrobial to treat an infection impacts not only the specific pathogen causing disease , but also decimates populations of susceptible organisms throughout the body .

    使用抗菌素治疗感染时不仅会打击引起疾病的特定病原体,也会大量毁灭整个体内的敏感生物种群。

  2. Cheap imports decimated the British cycle industry .

    廉价进口严重削弱了英国的自行车工业。

  3. 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。

  4. 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。

  5. Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy

    西尔伯说税收的回落可能会大大减少为贫困人口提供的基本服务。

  6. 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。

  7. 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。

  8. Filtering is combined with the decimating in order to increase the computation efficiency .

    为了提高运算效率,把滤波与选抽结合起来。

  9. An object 140 meters or bigger could decimate a medium-sized country .

    一个140米宽或更大的物体能够摧毁一座中型城市。

  10. And that will decimate China 's economy .

    那将毁掉中国的经济

  11. The rabbit population was decimated by the disease .

    这种疾病使大批兔子死亡。

  12. 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。

  13. And many invaders actually boost biodiversity , not decimate it .

    更何况外来物种促进了生物多样性,而不是减少。

  14. His forward line has been decimated .

    各种麻烦困扰着他的前锋线。

  15. Design and Implementation of Decimating in the Over-sample System

    过采样系统中数据抽取的设计及实现

  16. Her range of weaponry could easily decimate any convoy she encountered .

    她强大的武器装备可以轻易地让任何和她遭遇的护航舰队灰飞烟灭。

  17. 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。

  18. 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。

  19. 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。

  20. Implementation of the Highspeed Decimating Based on FPGA

    基于FPGA的高速抽取过程的实现

  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. 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。

  23. A remote sensing image fusion algorithm with high spatial quality based on IHS transform and the decimated wavelet transform is proposed .

    提出了一种基于抽样小波变换与IHS变换的高空间分辨率遥感影像融合方法。

  24. Thirdly , the FIR decimating filter under over-sampling is designed and realized .

    过采样条件下的FIR抽取滤波器设计与实现。

  25. Disease has decimated the population .

    疾病使大部分人死亡。

  26. 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。

  27. 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。

  28. Additionally , the introduction of streaming music sites further decimated the demand for Gnutella .

    此外,流媒体音乐网站的出现,进一步让Gnutella的需求锐减。

  29. So when something is decimated , it implies that ten percent of it is destroyed .

    所以当“decimate”用于形容一件事情时,它意味着毁灭了十分之一的程度。

  30. 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。