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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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
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。
The best-known destination for dark tourism is the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz in Poland.
波兰的纳粹奥斯威辛集中营是最有名的黑色旅游地点。