1. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

2. kill in large numbers;

   "the plague wiped out an entire population"
   

1.大批杀死;大量毁灭
Todecimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.

decimate的翻译

e.g. The pollution coulddecimate 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。
e.g. 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。

2.严重削弱，大幅缩减(系统或机构)
Todecimate a system or organization means to reduce its size and effectiveness greatly.

e.g. ...a recession which decimated the nation's manufacturing industry.
使该国制造业元气大伤的经济衰退

1. 每十人杀一人, 大批杀害：The wind chopped to the west. 风突然转西向了. | 12)decimate 每十人杀一人, 大批杀害 | The fawnsdecimated my sister's rose bushes. 小鹿弄坏了我姐姐的玫瑰花丛

2. decimate的翻译

2. 大批杀死：cut throat切断喉管 |decimate大批杀死 | drug毒品

3. 分样;十中抽一;取十分之一：decimalsystem 十进制 |decimate 分样;十中抽一;取十分之一 | decimation-in-frequency 十进制分频

4. decimate是什么意思

4. 毀掉大部分：Plantarium 天文館 |decimate 毀掉大部分 | Rose Spit 玫瑰灣

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。

Many adversities decimate the fluke numbers.

许多很不利的因素可使吸虫数量减少十分之一.

Devastators should be used to decimate infantry and attack units ranges.

毁灭战舰应该被用于远距离大批屠杀步兵和攻击单位.

The young blue - skinned commander was able to decimate the intruders despite inferior weapons and numbers.

虽然在武器的数量和质量上都处于劣势,但这个年轻的蓝皮肤指挥官还是给入侵者造成重创.

The banshees and attack the colossi the terran ground forces decimate the protoss infantry.

隐匿的女妖轰炸机消灭了巨像,并配合地面部队消灭了神族地面部队.

The banshees and attack the colossi as the terran ground forces decimate the protoss infantry.

隐匿的女妖轰炸机消灭了巨像,并配合地面部队消灭了异能者地面部队.

• All my parents' friends, all my friends' brothers were getting killed. Our circle was decimated.

  出自：R. Lehmann

• Plague decimated Moscow in 1771.

  出自：V. Cronin