exterminate[ik'stә:mineit]
汉语翻译
vt. 扑灭, 消灭, 根绝
词型变化
形容词:exterminative 名词:extermination 动词过去式:exterminated 过去分词:exterminated 现在分词:exterminating 第三人称单数:exterminates
词意辨析
destroy, exterminate, extinguish这3个动词均有“消灭”之意。
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、希望等像灭火一样地被消灭、熄灭。
英语解释
动词 exterminate:
- kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many同义词：kill off
- destroy completely, as if down to the roots同义词：uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out
详细解释
ex.ter.mi.nate
v.tr.（及物动词）ex.ter.mi.nat.ed,ex.ter.mi.nat.ing,ex.ter.mi.nates To get rid of by destroying completely; extirpate.See Synonyms at abolish 灭绝，根除：通过彻底摧毁来除掉；根除参见 abolish
来源：Latin extermin3re extermin3t- [to drive out] 拉丁语 extermin3re extermin3t- [逐出] ex- [ex-] ex- [前缀，表.…之外.] termin3re [to mark boundaries] from terminus [boundary marker] termin3re [划定界限] 源自 terminus [边界指示标]
【引伸】
exter.mina.tion
n.（名词）exter.mina.tive 或
exter.minato.ry