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

双语例句

• Li's itch for extermination was even more unfavorable to the Society of God Worshipers.
  而李的急于“进剿”对拜上帝会恐更为不利。
• More passive children almost always die before reaching adolescence, either by starvation or extermination by their peers.
  不够积极主动的小孩在青春期之前就死了，死于饥饿或是同龄人之手。
• Among them I recognized my Scotch plaid one, burned by mistake, and I was shaken by the revelation that this ceremony of extermination had conferred upon me a certain role in my grandfather's death.
  他们烧混了，从中我认出了自己的苏格兰格子呢帽。那么，通过这个永绝于世的仪式，我在外祖父的死亡中也担任了某个角色&这个发现使我浑身颤抖。
• What's going on is an organized extermination of an entire race of people.
  现在所发生的有组织的灭绝全人类的种族事件，我们就该是该插手的国家。
• 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。
• "Animal epidemic prevention" referred to in this Law includes prevention, control and extermination of animal epidemics as well as quarantine of animals and animal products.
  本法所称动物防疫，包括动物疫病的预防、控制、扑灭和动物、动物产品的检疫。
• 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。
• We have to think of a way to prevent the extermination of these beautiful creatures.
  我们必须想个办法来防止这些美丽的生物遭到灭绝。
• 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。
• International measures have been taken to prevent the extermination of the whale.
  采取全球性措施以防鲸鱼灭绝。