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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

    • By successfully tricking the Jade Emperor in this way, humanity was saved from extermination.
      通过这种方式,人们成功骗过了玉皇大帝,人类也因此逃过灭绝的危险。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • The purpose of which was the extermination of human beings.
      目的却是要毁灭全人类。
    • Someone who exterminates; someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects.
      一个从事消灭工作的人;一个以根除啮齿动物和害虫为职业的人。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • Children of fourteen were considered "independent" for purposes of transport to the extermination camps.
      为了把犹太人运往灭绝集中营,14岁的儿童就被视做“独立”的人。
    • 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。
    • "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。