| 词组 | extinction |
| 释义 | extinction /ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/ noun a situation in which a particular type of animal or plant stops existingadjectivestotal/complete extinction Polar bears may face total extinction if nothing is done to protect them.mass extinction We do not know what caused the mysterious mass extinction of the dinosaurs.near/virtual extinction The deer has been hunted to virtual extinction. | Wolves have returned to the forest, almost ten years after near extinction.certain extinction (=which will definitely happen) The crested ibis faces certain extinction in Japan after attempts to breed from the sole remaining pair failed.imminent/impending extinction (=likely to happen soon) The ban on hunting was introduced to stop the imminent extinction of some big game animals.verbsface extinction (=be likely to stop existing soon) The red squirrel faces extinction in England and Wales.lead to/cause extinction Hunting has caused the extinction of several species.save sth from extinction Conservationists are trying to save the whale from extinction.be threatened with extinction (=likely to stop existing) Hundreds of species of birds are now threatened with extinction.be hunted to extinction (=hunted so much that extinction is the result) The wolves were hunted to extinction in the 1920s.prepositionsextinction of sth Climate change could lead to the mass extinction of many species.phrasesin danger of extinction The species is in danger of extinction in the UK.be on the verge/brink of extinction (=at the point of almost not existing) The Siberian crane is on the verge of extinction. |
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