| 词汇 | decimation |
| 释义 | decimation noun[ U ] uk /ˌdes.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌdes.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/ the act of killing a something in large numbers, or reducing something severely: 毁灭，大量杀戮;大幅削减 the virtual decimation of the population through influenza因为流行感冒而造成的实际人口减少 Becoming and making smaller or less abridgment attenuate attenuated attenuating attenuation compress contraction dwindling ease ease someone's mindidiom ease up/off fall away halve reduce reducible reduction resize retreat trough tumble Examples of decimationdecimation Therefore, the decimation should not have any significant effect on our numerical computation. The result has been a total decimation and destruction of the local economy, which has aggravated poverty, unemployment and hunger, and fuelled a regime of anger, bitterness and frustration. Overlap is measured using a decimation factor, which indicates the number of overlaps throughout the duration of a single window. The half-rate data is produced by a decimation process which simply discards alternate samples of a low-pass filtered (to remove aliasing distortion) version of the original signal. Assuming a decimation factor of 8, using equation (7) and rounding the result to the nearest integer, the number of frames analysed in one second is 86. Biocentric consequentialism is capable of supporting a sustainable human population at a level compatible with preserving most non-human species, as opposed to catastrophic population increases or catastrophic decimation. Responding to the massive decimation of crops by locust swarms in the mid-1890s, people not only engaged in protective rituals but also asserted official culpability for the disaster. It has stumbled and staggered through half a decade of decimation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have seen the destruction of the shipping industry and the decimation of the collieries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Despite its virtual decimation, it is an industry in which the workers and the city still take great pride. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That means the decimation of training managers' programmes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second, contradictory, argument is that, without hunting, the foxes' habitats would disappear, leading to the decimation of the fox population. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Over the past few years it has seen the decimation of its base. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It comes from a party which for 18 years presided fairly passively over the decimation of our fishing communities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have seen the decimation of the textile industry, massive redundancies in the engineering and steel industries and contraction in the mining industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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