exterminate

exterminate

英 [ɪk'stɜːmɪneɪt; ek-]
　　美 [ɪk'stɝmə'net]

vt. 消滅；根除

中文詞源：

exterminate 滅絕，根除

ex-, 向外。-term, 界限，終端，詞源同term, terminal. 即趕到界限外面，根除。

例句：

1. A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats.
滅鼠花瞭大力氣。

2. Some people exterminate garden insects by spraying poison on the plants.
有些人在植物上噴撒毒劑以殺死花園內的昆蟲.

3. It is necessary to exterminate the post at the sawmill.
必須端掉鋸木廠邊的哨所.

4. This spray will exterminate the termites.
這種噴劑能消滅白蟻.

5. Vermin don't have to exterminate themselves.
蟲豸是用不著自己殺害自己的.