decimate ['desimeit]

英汉解释

vt. 十中抽一，取十分之一；大批杀害

同义词

v. annihilate，eliminate，eradicate，extinguish

参考例句

1. The population was decimated by a plague.
人口中的大部分被一场瘟疫所毁。
2. 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。
3. 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。

英英解释

v.
  1. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
  2. kill in large numbers

网络释义

decimate
取十分之一; 分样; 十中抽一; 大批杀死;
decimate sift
分样筛;
decimate decimation
大批杀害; 每十人杀一人;