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TOEFL BNC: 7889 COCA: 6977

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、動物、生活方式等的）滅絕，絕種，消亡
    • a tribe threatened with extinction/in danger of extinction面臨消亡威脅／有消亡危險的部落
    • The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.這個島上的生活方式注定要消失。
    • The mountain gorilla is on the verge of extinction.山地大猩猩已瀕臨滅絕。
    • We know of several mass extinctions in the earth's history.我們知道地球歷史上出現過幾次大規模的滅絕。
    • a campaign to save wild koalas from extinction拯救野生考拉免於滅絕的運動
    • Will technology in music drive creativity to extinction?音樂中的科技會不會把創造力逼到絕路？
    • The dormouse in Britain may face extinction if ancient woodland continues to disappear.如果古老的林地繼續消失，英國的睡鼠可能會面臨滅絕。
    • A comet colliding with the earth may have caused the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.一顆彗星與地球相撞可能導致了恐龍的大規模滅絕。
    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’.
TOEFL BNC: 7889 COCA: 6977
extinction

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + EXTINCTION ADJECTIVE➤global, mass, total, widespread全球性／大規模／全部／大範圍滅絕◇the mass extinction of the dinosaurs恐龍的大規模滅絕➤near, virtual瀕臨絕種；事實上消亡▸➤imminent即將消亡➤eventual最終滅亡▸➤local在當地絕跡▸➤species物種滅絕VERB + EXTINCTION➤cause, lead to造成絕種；導致消亡◇Modern farming methods have led to the total extinction of many species of wild flowers.現代耕作方法導致許多種野花完全絕種了。➤be doomed to, be in danger of, be on the brink of, be on the edge of, be on the verge of, be threatened with, face注定要消亡；瀕危；受到滅絕的威脅；面臨絕種◇The island's way of life is doomed to extinction.這個島上的生活方式注定要消失。◇These animals are now on the verge of extinction.這些動物現已瀕於滅絕。➤prevent避免滅絕▸➤be saved from, survive免於滅絕
TOEFL BNC: 7889 COCA: 6977
TOEFL BNC: 7889 COCA: 6977
extinction
Disappearance and disappearances: disappearance, extinction, dissolution...
Non-existence: nothingness, absence, extinction...

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