decimate
decimate 英 [ˈdesɪmeɪt] 美 [ˈdɛsəˌmet]
vt. 十中抽一，取十分之一；大批杀害
进行时:decimating 过去式:decimated 过去分词:decimated 第三人称单数:decimates 名词复数:decimates
- If something is drastically reduced or killed, especially in number, you can say it was decimated. "The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico decimated the wildlife along the coast."
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- vt. 十中抽一，取十分之一；大批杀害
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1. Bad policy can decimate the social fabric, but good policy can only modestly improve it.
坏的政策可以毁掉社会结构，而好的政策也只能稍稍地改进社会结构。
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2. However, the food industry yesterday slammed the idea as 'dangerous', 'totally unrealistic' and likely to decimate British agriculture.
但是，食品工业昨日抨击这个做法是危险的不现实的，而且极有可能毁掉英国农业。
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3. 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.
狮子鱼以小的鱼类，软体动物和无脊椎动物为食，足够将身体填至高达 480 克，在他们所居住的珊瑚礁大量杀死本地物种。
- decimate (v.) c. 1600, in reference to the practice of punishing mutinous military units by capital execution of one in every 10, by lot; from Latin decimatus, past participle of decimare "the removal or destruction of one-tenth," from decem "ten" (from PIE root *dekm- "ten"). The killing of one in ten, chosen by lots, from a rebellious city or a mutinous army was a common punishment in classical times. The word has been used (incorrectly, to the irritation of pedants) since 1660s for "destroy a large portion of." Related: Decimated; decimating.
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