extermination
英 [ɪksˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən]
美 [ɪkˌstɜrməˈneɪʃən]
n. 绝灭，消灭，根绝
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.- A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats...
灭鼠花了大力气。 - 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。 - 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。
- A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats...
英英释义
noun
- the act of exterminating
- complete annihilation
- they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs
双语例句
- Incapable of extermination or extirpation.
不能够被消灭或者根除。 - The extermination of the Jews had no connection with the war effort of Germany and her allies.
而灭绝犹太人的行为，却与德国及其盟邦的战争努力没有任何关系。 - The best-known destination for dark tourism is the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz in Poland.
波兰的纳粹奥斯威辛集中营是最有名的黑色旅游地点。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - "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。 - 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。 - Their extermination shall be for their own good.
为了他们自己，他们必须被消灭。