exterminate

英 [ɪkˈstɜːmɪneɪt]

美 [ɪkˈstɜːrmɪneɪt]

v.  灭绝; 根除; 消灭; 毁灭

过去分词：exterminated　现在分词：exterminating　过去式：exterminated　第三人称单数：exterminates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.20277 / COCA.17637

牛津词典

verb

• 灭绝；根除；消灭；毁灭
  to kill all the members of a group of people or animals

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。

双语例句

• Nationalist officers gave orders in many areas to exterminate the civilian population.
  国民军军官在许多地方下令对当地老百姓斩尽杀绝。
• He's come to exterminate us, hasn't he?
  他来这里是为了根除我们不是吗？
• To protect their business, European farmers have started to exterminate at-risk animals and quarantine the others.
  为保护他们的经济，欧洲农场主便开始消除已处于染病状态的牲畜，检疫并隔离其他动物。
• This spray will exterminate the termites.
  这种喷剂能消灭白蚁。
• Their job is to exterminate rats and mice.
  他们的任务是消灭各种老鼠。
• Some people exterminate garden insects by spraying poison on the plants.
  有些人在植物上喷撒毒剂以杀死花园内的昆虫。
• Make one move and I'll exterminate you!
  敢动一动，我灭了你。
• We have to exterminate every last one of them.
  我们要一个不剩地消灭它们。
• I want to exterminate these guys.
  我要消除这群坏小子。
• But I felt it my duty to exterminate evil.
  但是我觉得我有消灭那种恶势力的义务。