exterminates是什么意思？

exterminates

• n. 消灭，根绝( exterminate的名词复数 )；
• v. 消灭，根绝( exterminate的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• He exterminates some species on a large scale, but favours the multiplication of others. 他使有些物种大批消亡, 却造成有利条件使另外一些物种成倍地增加.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  消灭;灭绝;根除
  To exterminate a group of people or animals means to kill all of them.
  例句
  A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats... 灭鼠花了大力气。 They have a real fear that they'll be exterminated in the ongoing civil war... 他们十分害怕自己会在持续的内战中被彻底消灭。