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

• 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。
• 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
• Incapable of extermination or extirpation.
  不能够被消灭或者根除。
• For other crimes as tyrants and oppressors, I have this race a long time on my register, doomed to destruction and extermination.
  在我的记录上我还记载着这个家族其它的横行霸道、欺压百姓的罪行，而且注定要消灭，斩草除根。
• 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；
• 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 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？
• 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。
• "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。