| 释义 |
decimate/ˈdesimeit/v. tr. 1 disp. kill or remove a large proportion of [异议]大批屠杀 2 orig. Mil. kill or remove one in every ten of (源于)【军】每十杀一 □ decimation /-ˈmeiʃ(ə)n/ n.□ decimator n.[Latin decimare ‘take the tenth man’, from decimus ‘tenth’]■ Usage 用法说明 Sense 1 is now the usual sense of decimate although it is often deplored as an inappropriate use. This word should not be used to mean ‘defeat utterly’. 尽管当今人们认为 decimate 的释义 1 用法不妥，但仍是该词的常用释义。它不能用来表示 defeat utterly (彻底打败)。 |