decapitate

• vt. 斩首；解雇；使无效

de-, 向下，砍下。-cap, 头，词源同chief, captain. 即砍头，斩首。

decapitate (v.)

1610s, from French décapiter (14c.), from Late Latin decapitatus past participle of decapitare, from Latin de- "off" (see de-) + caput (genitive capitis) "head" (see capitulum). Related: Decapitated; decapitating.

1. To strangle or decapitate ( a fowl ).

勒死或斩首 ( 家禽 )

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2. Today, those foreign countries are fearful of dollar inflation, which could decapitate their own bank reserves.

今天, 这些国家担心美元会通胀, 进而可能导致它们的银行储备严重缩水.

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