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。
• Their extermination shall be for their own good.
  为了他们自己，他们必须被消灭。
• 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。
• 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。
• Incapable of extermination or extirpation.
  不能够被消灭或者根除。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。