exterminate

exterminate

英[ɪkˈstɜːmɪneɪt]美[ɪkˈstɜːrmɪneɪt]

vt.消灭，根除；

第三人称单数：exterminates;

过去式：exterminated;

过去分词：exterminated;

现在分词：exterminating;

名词：extermination;

例句

This spray will exterminate the termites.这种喷剂能消灭白蚁.

It is necessary to exterminate the post at the sawmill.必须端掉锯木厂边的哨所.

Some people exterminate garden insects by spraying poison on the plants.有些人在植物上喷撒*剂以杀死花园内的昆虫.

A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats.灭鼠花了大力气。

A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats...灭鼠花了大力气。

同义词

vt.

exterminate的同义词之：消灭;毁坏

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exterminate的同义词之：其他释义

butcherabolishdestroyofoutkillridannuleliminatewipegetdisposeslay

同义词解析

以下这3个动词均有"消灭" 的意思

destroy：指通过杀戮或终止某人某物的机能，使之无用或毁灭。

exterminate：指大量地、成批地杀害、消灭。

extinguish：原义指灭火，转义后暗示生命、希望等像火一样地消灭、熄灭。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

VERB

消灭;灭绝;根除

To exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them.

例句

A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats...灭鼠花了大力气。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。

英汉词典释义

vt.

消灭;根绝

Some people exterminate garden insects by spraying poison on the plants.有些人在植物上喷撒*剂以杀死花园内的昆虫。

英英词典释义

Verb

1. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many;

"Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots;

"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted"

行业词典

计算机： 【动】消灭，根绝；