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- decimate
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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.
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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。
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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。
decimation
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...the decimation of the great rain forests.
广阔雨林大片的毁灭
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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.
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...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry.
使该国制造业元气大伤的经济衰退
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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
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1. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
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2. kill in large numbers;
- "the plague wiped out an entire population"
- synonym： eliminate，annihilate，extinguish，eradicate，wipe out，carry off
