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

• 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。
• Which, coupled with the extermination of Zion will ultimately result in the extinction of the entire human race.
  再加上锡安被摧毁的命运，这就等于是全人类的灭亡。
• 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。
• 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；
• Incapable of extermination or extirpation.
  不能够被消灭或者根除。
• Thought to be domesticated dogs gone feral, wild dogs have borne the brunt of extensive extermination programs.
  野狗被认为是野化了的家狗，曾遭到大范围捕杀计划的打击。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。