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
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.- A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats...
灭鼠花了大力气。 - 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。 - 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。
- A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats...