decimate
- IPA[ˈdɛsɪmeɪt]
英式
- kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of；drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something)
verb: decimate, 3rd person present: decimates, gerund or present participle: decimating, past tense: decimated, past participle: decimated
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of the inhabitants of the country had been decimated
- ▪ drastically reduce the strength or effectiveness of (something) public transport has been decimated
- 2. historical kill one in every ten of (a group of people, originally a mutinous Roman legion) as a punishment for the whole group the man who is to determine whether it be necessary to decimate a large body of mutineers
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈdesəˌmāt]
美式
- kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of: the project would decimate the fragile wetland wilderness the American chestnut, a species decimated by blight
Oxford American Dictionary
