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单词 decimation
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decimation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌdes.ɪˈmeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌdes.əˈmeɪ.ʃən/
theactofkillinga something inlargenumbers, orreducingsomethingseverely:
毁灭，大量杀戮；大幅削减
thevirtualdecimation of thepopulationthroughinfluenza因为流行感冒而造成的实际人口减少
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Becoming and making smaller or less
(Definition ofdecimationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdecimation

decimation
Therefore, thedecimationshould not have any significant effect on our numerical computation.
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The result has been a totaldecimationand destruction of the local economy, which has aggravated poverty, unemployment and hunger, and fuelled a regime of anger, bitterness and frustration.
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Overlap is measured using adecimationfactor, which indicates the number of overlaps throughout the duration of a single window.
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The half-rate data is produced by adecimationprocess which simply discards alternate samples of a low-pass filtered (to remove aliasing distortion) version of the original signal.
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Assuming adecimationfactor of 8, using equation (7) and rounding the result to the nearest integer, the number of frames analysed in one second is 86.
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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 catastrophicdecimation.
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Responding to the massivedecimationof crops by locust swarms in the mid-1890s, people not only engaged in protective rituals but also asserted official culpability for the disaster.
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It has stumbled and staggered through half a decade ofdecimation.
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We have seen the destruction of the shipping industry and thedecimationof the collieries.
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Despite its virtualdecimation, it is an industry in which the workers and the city still take great pride.
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That means thedecimationof training managers' programmes.
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The second, contradictory, argument is that, without hunting, the foxes' habitats would disappear, leading to thedecimationof the fox population.
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Over the past few years it has seen thedecimationof its base.
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It comes from a party which for 18 years presided fairly passively over thedecimationof our fishing communities.
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We have seen thedecimationof the textile industry, massive redundancies in the engineering and steel industries and contraction in the mining industry.
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