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

• Exterminate spider in the next room, immediately after go to the room of left.
  在下一个房间内消灭蜘蛛，接着去左方的房间。
• Their job is to exterminate rats and mice.
  他们的任务是消灭各种老鼠。
• 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。
• I want to exterminate these guys.
  我要消除这群坏小子。
• You know the great population – we're exterminating them, but they're about to exterminate us.
  要知道他们数量众多&现在我们在消灭他们，但将来他们会消灭我们！
• We've made great efforts to exterminate mosquitoes and flies.
  我们作了很大努力来消灭蚊蝇。
• 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。
• Staff use the poison to exterminate moles and rabbits.
  员工们使用毒药去消灭鼹鼠和兔子。
• Poisonous clouds, manufactured by human hands, will sink down and exterminate everything.
  有毒的云雾由人的双手制造，会沉落和消除所有一切。
• A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats
  灭鼠花了大力气。