Decimate
[ 'dɛsə,met ]
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vt. 十中抽一;大批杀害;
💡 词根助记
decim十分之一+ate动词后缀→杀十分之一，大批杀死→大量毁灭
📝 例句
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。
decimate carloads
十车货物中取一车的税收
decimate a regiment
抽杀一个军团十分之一的人
Many adversities decimate the fluke numbers.
许多很不利的因素可使吸虫数量减少十分之一。
🌱 联想助记
【记】deci-前缀“十分之一”,mate-同伴:十分之一的伙伴被大批杀死
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
decimate
v[Tn]
(a) kill or destroy a large part of (sth) 杀死或毁坏（某物）之大部
Disease has decimated the population. 疾病使大部分人死亡.
(b) (infml 口) reduce (sth) considerably 相当程度地减少、 降低（某事物）
Student numbers have been decimated by cuts in grants. 助学金削减後, 学生人数大大减少.
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Oh, let's go upstairs and prepare Grandpa's room.
对了，我们上去准备一下爷爷的房间。
I'm the worst pupil in my party.
我是我的聚会中最坏的学生。
On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;
那天晚上在回家的路上，我低头一看，发现项链不再挂在我的脖子上了。我告诉了比尔。我们马上赶回王宫去寻找。我们询问了那儿的每一个人，问他们是不是拾到了一条项链。可是，真倒霉。我们找不到那条项链；它丢失了。