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 purpose of which was the extermination of human beings.
  目的却是要毁灭全人类。
• 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
• Children of fourteen were considered "independent" for purposes of transport to the extermination camps.
  为了把犹太人运往灭绝集中营，14岁的儿童就被视做“独立”的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• Their extermination shall be for their own good.
  为了他们自己，他们必须被消灭。
• 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。
• 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；
• Incapable of extermination or extirpation.
  不能够被消灭或者根除。