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

• Extermination of the Buffalo and the Destiny of the Indians on the Great Plain
  野牛的灭绝与大平原印第安人的命运
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• The purpose of which was the extermination of human beings.
  目的却是要毁灭全人类。
• 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。