decimate
v. 大批杀害,大量毁灭;大大削弱,使……严重失效;抽杀……十分之一的人;十中抽一,取十分之一
第三人称单数 decimates
现在分词 decimating
过去式 decimated
过去分词 decimated
例句
The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers.
污染可能大量毁灭在这条河茁壮成长的翠鸟群。
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Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy.
西尔伯说税收的回落可能导致大幅缩减为贫困人口提供的基本服务。
Unfortunately, it took the explorers and the settlers who followed only a few decades to decimate a large part of these resources.
不幸的是,仅仅几十年以后,探险家和随后而来的定居者就摧毁了大部分的资源。