extinction

US [ɪkˈstɪŋkʃ(ə)n]
UK [ɪk'stɪŋkʃ(ə)n]
  • n.绝种
  • Web灭绝；消灭；消退
Plural Form：extinctions  

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extinction
n.
1.
（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
a tribe threatened with extinction/in danger of extinction
面临消亡威胁╱有消亡危险的部落
The mountain gorilla is on the verge of extinction .
居住在山区的大猩猩已濒临灭绝。
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。

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AllAll,绝种绝种,灭绝灭绝,消灭消灭,消退消退
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1.
And I worked on this Permian extinction, camping by this Boer graveyard for months at a time.
当时我在研究二叠纪生物灭绝事件，每次都在波尔的墓地露营好几个月。
dāng shí wǒ zài yán jiū èr dié jì shēng wù miè jué shì jiàn , měi cì dōu zài bō ěr de mù dì lù yíng hǎo jǐ gè yuè 。
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2.
As is often the case, humans are the primary cause of extinction.
通常情况下，人类是物种灭绝的主要原因。
tōng cháng qíng kuàng xià , rén lèi shì wù zhǒng miè jué de zhǔ yào yuán yīn 。
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He listened to her breathing: she still breathed, but with a respiration which seemed to him weak and on the point of extinction.
他听她的呼吸，她还吐着气，但是他觉得她的气息已经弱到快要停止了。
tā tīng tā de hū xī , tā hái tǔ zhe qì , dàn shì tā jué de tā de qì xī yǐ jīng ruò dào kuài yào tíng zhǐ le 。
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Except in those cases in which a species is driven to extinction, the Earth's ability to shrug such things off is often underestimated.
除了那些物种走向灭绝的情况，地球把这类问题从肩上抖掉的能力被经常性的低估了。
chú le nà xiē wù zhǒng zǒu xiàng miè jué de qíng kuàng , dì qiú bǎ zhè lèi wèn tí cóng jiān shàng dǒu diào de néng lì bèi jīng cháng xìng de dī gū le 。
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5.
Now seems to have been aware of the extinction of an animal hazards.
现在人们似乎还没有意识到一种动物的灭绝的危害。
xiàn zài rén men sì hū hái méi yǒu yì shí dào yī zhǒng dòng wù de miè jué de wēi hài 。
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In a non-codependent system, there cannot be extinction of the whole as no species is dependent upon any other species for its existence.
在一个非相互依赖系统，那里不会有整体的灭绝因为没有物种依赖任何其它物种维生。
zài yī gè fēi xiāng hù yī lài xì tǒng , nà li bú huì yǒu zhěng tǐ de miè jué yīn wèi méi yǒu wù zhǒng yī lài rèn hé qí tā wù zhǒng wéi shēng 。
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Markets were supposed to shut down bad ideas in a gradual evolutionary process; what happened in 2008 was more like a mass extinction.
市场本应在一种逐渐演化的过程中摒弃不好的想法；而2008年发生的一切却更像是大规模灭绝。
shì chǎng běn yīng zài yī zhǒng zhú jiàn yǎn huà de guò chéng zhōng bìng qì bù hǎo de xiǎng fǎ ; ér èr líng líng bā nián fā shēng de yí qiè què gèng xiàng shì dà guī mó miè jué 。
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So it seems to me that a cosmic event of this type is a better explanation for the mass extinction of these animals.
以我所见因此这个类型一个宇宙事件是这些动物的许多绝种的一个更好的解释。
yǐ wǒ suǒ jiàn yīn cǐ zhè ge lèi xíng yī gè yǔ zhòu shì jiàn shì zhè xiē dòng wù de xǔ duō jué zhǒng de yī gè gèng hǎo de jiě shì 。
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If governments do not crack down on poaching and eliminate the demand for tiger products, the tiger will BE stalked to extinction, says WWF.
WWF说，如果有关政府不打击偷猎并根除对虎制品的需求，老虎将悄无声息地招致灭绝。
WWF shuō , rú guǒ yǒu guān zhèng fǔ bù dǎ jī tōu liè bìng gēn chú duì hǔ zhì pǐn de xū qiú , lǎo hǔ jiàng qiāo wú shēng xī de zhāo zhì miè jué 。
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His voice was solemn, as if the memory of that sudden extinction of a clan still haunted him.
他的声音很严肃，仿佛回忆自己显赫家族的骤然消亡是一件沉痛的事情。
tā de shēng yīn hěn yán sù , fǎng fú huí yì zì jǐ xiǎn hè jiā zú de zhòu rán xiāo wáng shì yī jiàn chén tòng de shì qíng 。
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