exterminate

英 [ɪkˈstɜːmɪneɪt]

美 [ɪkˈstɜːrmɪneɪt]

v.  灭绝; 根除; 消灭; 毁灭

过去分词：exterminated　现在分词：exterminating　过去式：exterminated　第三人称单数：exterminates　

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Collins.1 / BNC.20277 / COCA.17637

牛津词典

verb

• 灭绝；根除；消灭；毁灭
  to kill all the members of a group of people or animals

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。

双语例句

• This spray will exterminate the termites.
  这种喷剂能消灭白蚁。
• Staff use the poison to exterminate moles and rabbits.
  员工们使用毒药去消灭鼹鼠和兔子。
• Once cockroaches get into a building, it's very difficult to exterminate them.
  一旦蟑螂进了楼，就很难根除它们。
• They want something written on their bags and one of our new pictures is decorated with the words exterminate the poor, more public toilets and Eli is gay, but we don't think that they would want that on handbags.
  我们的新照片之一上面写着消灭穷人、建造更多的公共厕所和伊莱是同性恋。但我们认为他们不希望在手袋上出现这些语句。
• 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。
• Their job is to exterminate rats and mice.
  他们的任务是消灭各种老鼠。
• He did what powerful people often do: exploit and exterminate.
  他就像那些有权势的人所做的一样：利用和除灭。
• Nationalist officers gave orders in many areas to exterminate the civilian population.
  国民军军官在许多地方下令对当地老百姓斩尽杀绝。
• We can exterminate insects with an insecticide.
  我们可以用杀虫药剂灭虫。
• But I felt it my duty to exterminate evil.
  但是我觉得我有消灭那种恶势力的义务。