英语词汇“decimate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	decimate
释义	Word Frequency decimate (ˈdɛsɪˌmeɪt) verb (transitive) 1. to destroy or kill a large proportion of a plague decimated the population 2. (esp in the ancient Roman army) to kill every tenth man of (a mutinous section) ▶ USAGE One talks about the whole of something being decimated, not a part: disease decimated the population, not disease decimated most of the population Derived forms decimation (ˌdeciˈmation) noun decimator (ˈdeciˌmator) noun Word origin C17: from Latin decimāre, from decimus tenth, from decem ten
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