五五字典>英语词典>extermination翻译和用法

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
    1. complete annihilation
      1. they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs
      Synonym:extinction

    双语例句

    • 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。
    • 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
    • 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。
    • Their extermination shall be for their own good.
      为了他们自己,他们必须被消灭。
    • The purpose of which was the extermination of human beings.
      目的却是要毁灭全人类。
    • 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。
    • Time has helped me understand him better. I finally realized his remark that I am "some loathsome vermin fit only for extermination" was said more out of compassion than anger.
      岁月流逝,让我能够更好地理解他,我终于明白他说我是“一种讨人厌的害虫,只应当被消灭”时,与其说是出于生气,倒不如说是出于同情。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。