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。
• 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
• The purpose of which was the extermination of human beings.
  目的却是要毁灭全人类。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。