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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。