動變: 過去式:decimated 過去分詞:decimated 現在進行時:decimating
decimate
KK:[ˈdɛsǝˌmеt] DJ:[ˈdеsimеit]
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
/ˈdɛsɪmeɪt/
v.
- kill or destroy a large proportion of. ▸drastically reduce the strength of.
- (in ancient Rome) kill one in every ten of (a group of soldiers) as a punishment for the mutiny of the whole group.
Derivative
- decimation n.
- decimator n.
Usage
The earliest sense of decimate, ‘kill one in every ten of’, has been more or less totally superseded by the more general sense ‘kill or destroy (a large proportion of)’. Some traditionalists argue that this later sense is incorrect, but it is clear that this is now part of standard English.
Etymology
ME: from L. decimat-, decimare ‘take as a tenth’, from decimus ‘tenth’.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》
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