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extermination

英 [ɪksˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən]

美 [ɪkˌstɜrməˈneɪʃən]

n.  绝灭,消灭,根绝

复数:exterminations 

BNC.21446 / COCA.18574

柯林斯词典

  • VERB 消灭;灭绝;根除
    Toexterminatea group of people or animals means to kill all of them.
    1. A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats...
      灭鼠花了大力气。
    2. They have a real fear that they'll be exterminated in the ongoing civil war...
      他们十分害怕自己会在持续的内战中被彻底消灭。
    3. Man is exterminating too many species for zoos to be much help.
      人类正在导致过多物种灭绝,动物园也无济于事。

英英释义

noun

  • the act of exterminating
      Synonym:liquidation
    1. complete annihilation
      1. they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs
      Synonym:extinction

    双语例句

    • Time has helped me understand him better. I finally realized his remark that I am "some loathsome vermin fit only for extermination" was said more out of compassion than anger.
      岁月流逝,让我能够更好地理解他,我终于明白他说我是“一种讨人厌的害虫,只应当被消灭”时,与其说是出于生气,倒不如说是出于同情。
    • Any army which, losing the initiative, is forced into a passive position and ceases to have freedom of action, faces the danger of defeat or extermination.
      军队失掉了主动权,被逼处于被动地位,这个军队就不自由,就有被消灭或被打败的危险。
    • Incapable of extermination or extirpation.
      不能够被消灭或者根除。
    • General Younis said that without Nato action, Misrata residents faced extermination within a week.
      Younis将军表示,如果北约不采取行动,米苏拉塔居民一周之内即将灭绝。
    • The Karen people comprising mostly of poor Christian farmers have been singled out for extermination.
      卡伦帮内部从事农业耕种的、贫困的基督徒被挑选出来并屠杀。
    • One could not hunt whales at will without risking their extermination or catch herring limitlessly without threatening survival of the stock.
      人们不可能随心所欲地捕鲸而不使其遭致灭绝的危险,或无限制地捕捞鲱鱼而不威胁到该物种的繁衍生息。
    • Their extermination shall be for their own good.
      为了他们自己,他们必须被消灭。
    • Bedbug harm investigation to servicemen and effect observation of extermination in an archery ground
      某靶场臭虫危害调查和杀灭效果观察
    • He lifted the telephone, and railway trains left for the extermination centres;
      他拿起电话,火车就向灭绝集中营进发;
    • What judgments does he offer about the enslavement of blacks and the extermination of Native Americans in America?
      对于黑人的奴役和美洲原住民的消灭,他提出怎样的批评?