decimation
- IPA[ˌdɛsɪˈmeɪʃn]
英式
- the killing or destruction of a large proportion of a group or species；a drastic reduction in the strength or effectiveness of something
noun: decimation, plural noun: decimations
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the killing or destruction of a large proportion of a group or species our growing hunger for fish has resulted in the decimation of fish stocks the decimation of our rainforests
- ▪ a drastic reduction in the strength or effectiveness of something we need to halt the decimation of this country's manufacturing base economic and financial decimation from two world wars
- 2. historical the killing of one in every ten of a group of people as a punishment for the whole group (originally with reference to a mutinous Roman legion).
