decimate的读音 decimate中文意思
英音
['desɪmeɪt]
美音 [ˈdɛsəˌmet]
vt. 十中抽一；大批杀害美音 [ˈdɛsəˌmet]
第三人称单数： decimates
过去式： decimated
过去分词： decimated
现在分词： decimating
中文词源
decimate 大批杀死
来自decim-, 十分之一。原为军事用语，一旦出现叛乱的城市或军队，则按照总数量十分之一的比例成批次杀死。类似于汉语的连坐。
decimate 用法和例句
- We 're gonna decimate you .
- 我们要大举毁灭你们！
- This massive burst could decimate earth .
- 这个巨大的爆发会杀死地球.
- Bad policy can decimate the social fabric , but good policy can only modestly improve it .
- 坏的政策可以毁掉社会结构，而好的政策也只能稍稍地改进社会结构。
- In other words , the president who sent seals and drones into pakistan to kill osama bin laden and decimate al-qaeda might in the end use force in iran too .
- 换句话说，这位派出海豹突击队和无人驾驶飞机进入巴基斯坦消灭奥萨马本拉登并重创基地组织的总统，最终也可能在伊朗使用武力。
- Critics contend that the bankers will try to keep many types of derivatives away from the clearinghouses , since clearinghouses represent a step towards broad electronic trading that could decimate profits .
- 批评者反驳说，银行家们试图使许多种衍生产品不在清算所交易，因为清算所代表着将广泛运用电子交易，这样可能会大大降低他们的利润。
汉语翻译
vt. 每十人杀一人, 大批杀害词型变化
名词:decimation 动词过去式:decimated 过去分词:decimated 现在分词:decimating 第三人称单数:decimates英语解释
动词 decimate:
- kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies
- kill in large numbers同义词：eliminate, annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, carry off
例句
- Student numbers have been decimated by cuts in grants.助学金削减後，学生人数大大减少。
- Disease has decimated the population.疾病使大部分人死亡。
详细解释
dec.i.mate
v.tr.（及物动词）dec.i.mat.ed,dec.i.mat.ing,dec.i.mates To destroy or kill a large part of (a group).破坏：毁灭或杀死（一群）中的大部分Usage Problem 【用法疑难】 To inflict great destruction or damage on:毁损：使…遭受巨大破坏或损失：例句：The fawns decimated my sister`s rose bushes.小鹿弄坏了我姐姐的玫瑰花丛
To reduce markedly in amount:骤减：在数量上显著减少：例句：a profligate heir who decimated his trust fund.急剧减少信托基金的恣意挥霍的继承人
To select by lot and kill one in every ten of.以抽签的方式选出并杀死其中的十分之一
来源：Latin decim3re decim3t- [to punish every tenth person] 拉丁语 decim3re decim3t- [惩罚每十个人中的一个] from decimus [tenth] 源自 decimus [第十] from decem [ten] * see dekô 源自 decem [十] *参见 dekô
【引伸】
dec.ima.tion
n.（名词）Decimate originally referred to the killing of every tenth person, a punishment used in the Roman army for mutinous legions.Today this meaning is commonly extended to include the killing of any large proportion of a group.Sixty-six percent of the Usage Panel accepts this extension in the sentenceThe Jewish population of Germany was decimated by the war, even though it is common knowledge thatthe number of Jews killed was much greater than a tenth of the original population.However, when the meaning is further extended to include large-scale destruction other than killing,as inThe supply of fresh produce was decimated by the accident at Chernobyl, the usage is accepted by only 2' percent of the Panel.Decimate 最初指杀死每十人中的一个， 用于古罗马军队对反叛军团的一种惩罚。现在这一层意思通常引申为大批杀死。用法专题使用小组中''%的成员认为在德国的犹太人在战争中被大批杀死 一句中该词的这一引申义可接受， 尽管众所周知，被杀的犹太人的数目远比最初人口的十分之一要多。可是，当词义外延至包括大量毁灭而不是戳杀，如在新鲜农产品的供应由于车诺比事故极大地受到了破坏 一句中， 用法专题使用小组中只有2'%的成员接受这一用法。