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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Their extermination shall be for their own good.
  为了他们自己，他们必须被消灭。
• All door and window is sealed for the extermination of mosquito.
  为了消灭蚊子，所有的门窗都被封闭起来了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Medicine, biological products or other relevant materials needed in prevention and extermination of animal epidemics shall be reserved in a proper quantity and shall be included in the plan for national economy and social development.
  预防和扑灭动物疫病所需的药品、生物制品和有关物资，应当有适量的储备，并纳入国民经济和社会发展计划。
• 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。