extinction

英 [ɪkˈstɪŋkʃn]

美 [ɪkˈstɪŋkʃn]

n.  (植物、动物、生活方式等的)灭绝，绝种，消亡

复数：extinctions　

CET6TOEFLGREIELTSTEM8化学

BNC.7889 / COCA.6977

牛津词典

noun

• （植物、动物、生活方式等的）灭绝，绝种，消亡
  a situation in which a plant, an animal, a way of life, etc. stops existing
  1. a tribe threatened with extinction/in danger of extinction
     面临消亡威胁 / 有消亡危险的部落
  2. The mountain gorilla is on the verge of extinction .
     居住在山区的大猩猩已濒临灭绝。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （物种的）灭绝
  Theextinctionof a species of animal or plant is the death of all its remaining living members.
  1. An operation is beginning to try to save a species of crocodile from extinction...
     一项努力拯救一个鳄鱼物种、使其免于灭绝的行动已经开始。
  2. Many species have been shot to the verge of extinction.
     很多物种已经被猎杀到灭绝的边缘。
• N-UNCOUNT 消亡;消灭;不复存在
  If someone refers to theextinctionof a way of life or type of activity, they mean that the way of life or activity stops existing.
  1. The loggers say their jobs are faced with extinction because of declining timber sales.
     伐木工人说由于木材销量下降，他们的工作恐不复存在。

英英释义

noun

• the act of extinguishing
  1. the extinction of the lights
  Synonym:extinguishingquenching
• a conditioning process in which the reinforcer is removed and a conditioned response becomes independent of the conditioned stimulus
  Synonym:experimental extinction
• complete annihilation
  1. they think a meteor cause the extinction of the dinosaurs
  Synonym:extermination
• the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation
• no longer in existence
  1. the extinction of a species
  Synonym:defunctness
• no longer active
  1. the extinction of the volcano

双语例句

• But some plants and animals DID survive through the period of dinosaur extinction.
  但是一些动植物确实在恐龙灭绝期间幸存下来了。
• Changes in land use may result in loss of habitat and extinction of species.
  在土地使用的变化可能导致生境和物种灭绝的损失。
• This species of animal is on the verge of extinction.
  这种动物已几近灭绝。
• 30 percent of reptiles, birds, and fish are currently threatened with extinction.
  目前，30%的爬行动物、鸟类和鱼类面临灭绝的危险。
• Many species have been shot to the verge of extinction.
  很多物种已经被猎杀到灭绝的边缘。
• The mass extinction is the greatest environmental threat that human is facing.
  物种大灭绝和不可恢复性是人类面临的最大环境威胁。
• The change in climate might be one of the causes for the extinction of dinosaurs.
  气候的变化也许是恐龙灭绝的一个原因。
• We shall simply be resigning ourselves to extinction unless we carry on the four modernizations.
  如果不搞四个现代化，我们就只有束手待毙。
• The animals were ruthlessly hunted to the verge of extinction.
  这些动物由于遭到无情的捕猎而濒于灭绝。
• This species was doomed to extinction.
  这一种类注定要灭绝。