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

• 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。
• We need to exterminate these vermin.
  我们要彻底铲除这些害虫。
• He's come to exterminate us, hasn't he?
  他来这里是为了根除我们不是吗？
• Their job is to exterminate rats and mice.
  他们的任务是消灭各种老鼠。
• To protect their business, European farmers have started to exterminate at-risk animals and quarantine the others.
  为保护他们的经济，欧洲农场主便开始消除已处于染病状态的牲畜，检疫并隔离其他动物。
• We've made great efforts to exterminate mosquitoes and flies.
  我们作了很大努力来消灭蚊蝇。
• This spray will exterminate the termites.
  这种喷剂能消灭白蚁。
• I hope to exterminate them with my storied.
  我希望借助我的文章能除掉他们。
• The simple solution is to simply exterminate everybody, and repopulate the area with your own people.
  最简单的方法就是把所有人消灭，然后迁入你自己的人民。
• Dry disaster, is on the earth, endanger the biggest disaster, can exterminate mankind or thing, the wealthy nation becomes poor, even in perish.
  干旱灾害，是地球上，危害最大的灾害，可以消灭人类或物类，富裕的国家变到贫穷，甚至于灭亡。