Exterminate
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GRE TOEFL
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v.消灭, 灭绝
- ［英］ v.消灭, 灭绝 ( wipe out; annihilate; extirpate ; eradicate)
- ［记］ ex+termin ( 范围, 结束) -> 从范围中出去 -> 消灭
- ［同］ 同根词: terminate ( 结束, 中止) ; terminus ( 终点站)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb (-nated; -nating)
- Etymology: Latin exterminatus, past participle of exterminare, from ex- + terminus boundary — more at term
- Date: 1591
- to get rid of completely usually by killing off <exterminate termites and cockroaches>
- ? extermination noun
- ? exterminator noun
- Synonyms:
- exterminate, extirpate, eradicate, uproot mean to effect the destruction or abolition of something. exterminate implies complete and immediate extinction by killing off all individuals <exterminate cockroaches>. extirpate implies extinction of a race, family, species, or sometimes an idea or doctrine by destruction or removal of its means of propagation<many species have been extirpated from the area>. eradicate implies the driving out or elimination of something that has established itself<a campaign to eradicate illiteracy>. uproot implies a forcible or violent removal and stresses displacement or dislodgment rather than immediate destruction<the war uprooted thousands>.
