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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• The purpose of which was the extermination of human beings.
  目的却是要毁灭全人类。
• 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。
• 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。
• Their extermination shall be for their own good.
  为了他们自己，他们必须被消灭。
• More passive children almost always die before reaching adolescence, either by starvation or extermination by their peers.
  不够积极主动的小孩在青春期之前就死了，死于饥饿或是同龄人之手。
• "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。