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

• 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！
• Once cockroaches get into a building, it's very difficult to exterminate them.
  一旦蟑螂进了楼，就很难根除它们。
• We need to exterminate these vermin.
  我们要彻底铲除这些害虫。
• 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。
• It is my privilege and honor to mercilessly exterminate you.
  这是我的特权和荣耀，来残忍地杀死你。
• They want something written on their bags and one of our new pictures is decorated with the words exterminate the poor, more public toilets and Eli is gay, but we don't think that they would want that on handbags.
  我们的新照片之一上面写着消灭穷人、建造更多的公共厕所和伊莱是同性恋。但我们认为他们不希望在手袋上出现这些语句。
• Make one move and I'll exterminate you!
  敢动一动，我灭了你。
• He's come to exterminate us, hasn't he?
  他来这里是为了根除我们不是吗？
• A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats
  灭鼠花了大力气。
• We have to exterminate every last one of them.
  我们要一个不剩地消灭它们。