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。
• This method modified the mesh simplification algorithm based on vertex merge, which can decimate the mesh greatly and efficiently by merging the vertices, and can preserve the topology of the original mesh very well.
  算法采用基于点到平面距离的误差控制方法，能根据用户指定的简化率通过使原始网格中的顶点合并达到大量简化的目的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Imports hove continued to decimate the shoe industry.
  进口继续使鞋业衰退倒闭。
• We have watched you under the ruling thumb of the dark decimate Mother Earth, ruining her waters, ground, and sky.
  我们已经看到你们无视法则毁灭地球母亲，毁灭她的水源，地面和天空。
• 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。
• Through analyzing the features and performances of CIC filters, HB filters and multiphase-filter, we combine them with decimators and decimate the A/ D data, thus reducing the digital signal rate and the load of DSP when processing the base band signal.
  通过分析CIC滤波器、HB滤波器和多相滤波器的特点和性能，将它们与抽取器相结合，对A/D转换后的数据进行抽取，降低了信号采样率，减轻了后续DSP处理基带信号的压力。
• 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。
• Her range of weaponry could easily decimate any convoy she encountered.
  她强大的武器装备可以轻易地让任何和她遭遇的护航舰队灰飞烟灭。