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extinction

noun
/ɪkˈstɪŋkʃn/
/ɪkˈstɪŋkʃn/
[uncountable, countable]
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  1. a situation in which a plant, an animal, a way of life, etc. stops existing(植物、动物、生活方式等的)灭绝,绝种,消亡
    • a tribe threatened with extinction/in danger of extinction面临消亡威胁/有消亡危险的部落
    • The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.这个岛上的生活方式注定要消失。
    • The mountain gorilla is on the verge of extinction.山地大猩猩已濒临灭绝。
    • We know of several mass extinctions in the earth's history.我们知道地球历史上出现过几次大规模的灭绝。
    • a campaign to save wild koalas from extinction拯救野生考拉免于灭绝的运动
    • Will technology in music drive creativity to extinction?音乐中的科技会不会把创造力逼到绝路?
    • The dormouse in Britain may face extinction if ancient woodland continues to disappear.如果古老的林地继续消失,英国的睡鼠可能会面临灭绝。
    • A comet colliding with the earth may have caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.一颗彗星与地球相撞可能导致了恐龙的大规模灭绝。
    Topics Animalsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • global
    • mass
    • total
    verb + extinction
    • cause
    • lead to
    • be doomed to
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin exstinctio(n-), from exstinguere ‘quench’, from ex- ‘out’ + stinguere ‘quench’.

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