exterminate

IPA/ɪkˈstɜːmɪneɪt/
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exterminate — 動詞

  • exterminatepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • exterminateshe / she / it
  • exterminatedpast simple
  • exterminating-ing form

1. to kill every member of a human or animal population, leaving no survivors

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釋義

消滅；滅絕

把某群人或某類動物全數殺死

to kill every member of a human or animal population, leaving no survivors

例句

The soldiers were ordered to exterminate the last rebel groups in the valley.

士兵奉命去消滅山谷裡最後幾批叛軍。

exterminate + enemy group in armed conflict

Farmers paid a pest team to exterminate the rats under the grain store.

農夫付錢請病蟲害防治隊去消滅糧倉下的老鼠。

常見搭配
  • exterminate the rats
  • exterminate a population
  • exterminate a species
  • be exterminated
同義詞
  • eradicate

    often stresses removing something harmful at the root and can apply to diseases or weeds as well as living groups

  • wipe out

    less formal and common for a group, species, or community disappearing completely

  • massacre

    focuses on brutal killing in one event, but not always on leaving no survivors

反義詞
  • protect

    means keeping people or animals safe from being killed or destroyed

  • preserve

    focuses on keeping a species or population alive and continuing

文法句型

exterminate + population/species/pests/enemy group

用法筆記

Object is usually a whole population, species, or group rather than one individual. Common in military, historical, and pest-control contexts, and it suggests deliberate total killing, not just reducing numbers.

常見錯誤

I exterminated the mosquito on my arm.
I killed the mosquito on my arm.
'exterminate' is for wiping out a whole group or population, not one insect.

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常用片語

  • be exterminated by
  • exterminate a whole population
  • exterminate the last survivors