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• no longer active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

• They have driven the rhino to the edge of extinction
  他们已经令犀牛濒临灭绝。
• Many species are in peril of extinction because of our destruction of their natural habitat.
  许多物种由于我们破坏了它们的自然环境，现在正面临灭绝的危险。
• This marks precisely to within a few thousand years the point of mass extinction on the land.
  这明确标志着正是在这几千年中，发生了陆地上的大规模灭绝。
• 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。
• 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 extinction ratio changes with the operation current and temperature.
  消光比随注入电流和温度的升高而变化。
• Current extinction rate projections may be overestimating the role of habitat loss on species, a study suggest.
  一项研究显示，现有物种灭绝速率预测可能高估了栖息地缺失对物种的影响。
• Polar bears, desert gazelles and sharks were all added to the list of species facing extinction.
  北极熊、漠瞪羚和鲨鱼都已经被列入濒临灭绝的物种。
• His movie of the extinction of dinosaurs was a great success.
  他的关于恐龙灭绝的电影取得了巨大的成功。
• 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。