exterminate

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vt. 扑灭, 消灭, 根绝

发音

UK /ɛkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/
UK /ɪkˈstəː.mɪ.neɪt/
US /ɪkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/
US /ɛkˈstɝ.mɪ.neɪt/

词形变化

exterminated exterminates 三单 exterminates exterminating exterminating 现在分词 exterminated 过去式 exterminated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

消灭；根除

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.

    灭绝

    及物

    We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.

  2. 2.

    To bring a definite end to; to finish completely.

    比喻 及物

    The public school failed to exterminate truancy.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 5

eradicate uproot kill off extirpate root out

上位词 3

kill destroy destruct

词源

Borrowed from Latin exterminātus, perfect passive participle of exterminō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ex- (“thoroughly”) + terminō (“to finish, close, end”), from terminus (“limit, end”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

来源：wiktionary