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

• The extermination of the Jews had no connection with the war effort of Germany and her allies.
  而灭绝犹太人的行为，却与德国及其盟邦的战争努力没有任何关系。
• 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。
• 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。
• Among them I recognized my Scotch plaid one, burned by mistake, and I was shaken by the revelation that this ceremony of extermination had conferred upon me a certain role in my grandfather's death.
  他们烧混了，从中我认出了自己的苏格兰格子呢帽。那么，通过这个永绝于世的仪式，我在外祖父的死亡中也担任了某个角色&这个发现使我浑身颤抖。
• International measures have been taken to prevent the extermination of the whale.
  采取全球性措施以防鲸鱼灭绝。
• 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
• One could not hunt whales at will without risking their extermination or catch herring limitlessly without threatening survival of the stock.
  人们不可能随心所欲地捕鲸而不使其遭致灭绝的危险，或无限制地捕捞鲱鱼而不威胁到该物种的繁衍生息。
• The purpose of which was the extermination of human beings.
  目的却是要毁灭全人类。
• "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。
• The Wright's organic architectural philosophy extermination in Naxi civil house culture
  赖特的有机建筑哲学在纳西民居文化中的体现