decimate

英 [ˈdesɪmeɪt]

美 [ˈdesɪmeɪt]

v.  大量毁灭，大批杀死(某地区的动物、植物或人); 严重破坏; 大大削弱

过去分词：decimated　过去式：decimated　现在分词：decimating　第三人称单数：decimates　复数：decimates　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18601 / COCA.13942

牛津词典

verb

• 大量毁灭，大批杀死（某地区的动物、植物或人）
  to kill large numbers of animals, plants or people in a particular area
  1. The rabbit population was decimated by the disease.
     这种疾病使大批兔子死亡。
• 严重破坏；大大削弱
  to severely damage sth or make sth weaker
  1. Cheap imports decimated the British cycle industry.
     廉价进口严重削弱了英国的自行车工业。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 大批杀死;大量毁灭
  Todecimatesomething such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 严重削弱，大幅缩减(系统或机构)
  Todecimatea system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly.
  1. ...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry.
     使该国制造业元气大伤的经济衰退

英英释义

verb

• kill in large numbers
  1. the plague wiped out an entire population
  Synonym:eliminateannihilateextinguisheradicatewipe outcarry off
• kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

双语例句

• This paper uses a criterion considering both the curvature and the geometry error to decimate the meshes.
  本文对已有算法进行研究总结，提出一种综合考虑曲率和几何误差的量度准则，并采用半边折叠进行网格合并的算法。
• Silber says the tax rollback would decimate basic services for the needy
  西尔伯说税收的回落可能会大大减少为贫困人口提供的基本服务。
• According to multirate signal processing theory, the CIC filter and half band filter which are used to decimate or interpolate samples were studied for the implementation of the DDC of multi-level decimation architecture.
  根据多速率信号处理理论，研究了用于抽取/内插的CIC和半带滤波器，在此基础上完成了多级抽取结构的数字下变频设计。
• Now experts fear a virulent fungus could decimate the few thousand frogs they estimate survive.
  如今，专家们担心有一种恶性真菌可能会毁灭被他们认为存活的几千只山鸡蛙。
• However, the biggest issue with the sea lions is the rate at which they are consuming salmon. In addition to hurting local fisheries it could decimate the area's fish population if not stopped in time.
  然而，它们最大的威胁还是吃掉了大量村民赖以为生的鲑鱼，除了对当地渔业产生重创，如果不及时阻止的话，还可能让所有的鱼类都消失殆尽。
• The virus replicate, proliferate in the cancer cell, activate apoptosis and its following pathways, which lead to oncolysis, the released progeny virions continue to infect the peripheral cancer cells and ultimately decimate all the cancer cell existed.
  病毒在肿瘤细胞内复制、增殖，导致肿瘤细胞溶解；并且激活凋亡通路，引起肿瘤细胞死亡，释放子代病毒继续感染周围的细胞，而达到杀灭所有肿瘤细胞的目的。
• Let me be quite clear that the Earth will not be destroyed, and there will be no mass deaths that will decimate the population.
  让我很清楚，地球不会被销毁，不会有大规模的死亡，将毁灭的人口。
• The banshees cloak and attack the colossi as the terran ground forces decimate the protoss infantry.
  女妖隐身去攻击神族的巨像，同时地面杀死了大量神族的步兵。
• The second chapter introduces the theory of multi-sample rate system including integer times decimate and interpose, multi-phase expression and identical transform of network structure.
  第二章介绍了多抽样率系统的基本理论其中包括整数倍抽取和整数倍内插及多抽样率系统中的多相表示。网络结构的恒等变换等。
• Based on decimate in frequency ( DIF) Radix-4 algorithm, a 6 levels pipeline structure was adopted. In each level, FIFO was used to delay sequence and it coupled with 4-road commutator was employed to change the sequence of address.
  该方法采用了按频率抽取（DIF）基4算法和6级流水线结构，每级均采用FIFO存储器实现延迟功能，和四路转接器一起共同完成序列的码位抽取。