| 单词 | exterminate |
| 释义 | exterminate /ɪkstɜːmɪneɪt; name ɪkstɜːrmɪneɪt/ [transitive] to deliberately kill all the members of a group of people or animals（故意）灭绝；根除；消灭◆they use poison to exterminate moles.他们使用毒药来消灭鼹鼠。 ➡ see also extermination → massacre note 辨析 decimate or exterminate?people, animals or plants are usually decimated by accident, especially as a result of a disease in which most (but not all) of them die. if people exterminate animals or people, they deliberately kill all of them. * decimate 通常指人或动植物因意外事故，尤其是疾病而大量死亡（并非灭绝）； exterminate 则表示故意把人或动物全部消灭。exterminate/ɪkˈstɜ:mɪneɪt ||; ɪkˈstɝməˌnet/verb [t] to kill a large group of people or animals 灭绝；根除: ◇once cockroaches infest a building, they are very hard to exterminate. 大楼里一旦有蟑螂出没，那是很难消灭干净的。 ➔extermination /ɪkˌstɜ:mɪˈneɪʃn ||; ɪkˌstɝməˈneʃən/ noun [u] exterminatesee ⇨ kill 3 ex·ter·mi·nate /ɪk`stɜməˏnet; ɪkˈstɜːmɪneɪt/v [t]to kill all of a particular group of people or animals 灭绝，根除 |
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