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extermination /ɪkstɜːmɪneɪʃn; name ɪkstɜːrmɪneɪʃn/ [uncountable] (rather formal) the killing of all the members of a group of people or animals灭绝；根除；毁灭◆millions died in the extermination camps.数百万人死于灭绝营。◆the extermination of rats and other vermin消灭老鼠和其他有害动物ⓘ when it is used to talk about people extermination usually refers to the killing of jews by the nazis in the 1930s and 1940s, or to the destruction of the whole human race in a future disaster. * extermination 指杀死人时，通常指 20 世纪 30 年代和 40 年代纳粹对犹太人实行的种族灭绝，或指全人类毁于某种未来的灾难◆the film foresees the extermination of the human race in a nuclear world war.这部影片预言人类将在世界核大战中灭绝。 ➡ see also exterminate → destroy ☞ exterminate extermination /ɪkˏstɜmə`neʃən; ɪkˌstɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/n [c,u] |