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单词 extinct
释义
extinct
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstɪŋkt/us
/ɪkˈstɪŋkt/
C1
not nowexisting:
灭绝的；绝种的；消失的
There isconcernthat thegiantpandawillsoonbecomeextinct.有人担心大熊猫不久就会灭绝。
Manytribesbecameextinct when they came intocontactwithWesternillnesses.很多部落由于感染西方人的疾病而遭灭顶之灾。
A lot oftradeshavebecomeextinct because of thedevelopmentoftechnology.由于技术的发展很多行业都消失了。
Opposites
extantformal
living(CONTINUING)
surviving
An extinctvolcanois one that is not nowactive(= will notexplodeagain).
（火山）死的，不活跃的
Compare
activeadjective(VOLCANO)
dormant
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Non-existence and not being
  • absence
  • absent
  • aren't
  • defunct
  • die
  • die out
  • extinguishment
  • isn't
  • negation
  • non-body
  • non-existent
  • non-extant
  • nonexistential
  • presence
  • seronegative
  • such
  • there's no such thing/person (as)idiom
  • unfulfilled
  • vanished
  • wasn't
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Geology: earthquakes & volcanic eruptions
(Definition ofextinctfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

extinct| American Dictionary

extinct
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ɪkˈstɪŋkt/
nolongerexisting:
There isconcernthat thegiantpandawillsoonbecomeextinct.
An extinctvolcano(=mountainmade fromburnedmaterials)is one that is nolongeractive.

extinction

noun[U]us
/ɪkˈstɪŋk·ʃən/
Manyspeciesofplantsandanimalsarethreatenedwith extinction.
(Definition ofextinctfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofextinct

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They will inevitably carry their parasites in such movements and so these have the potential to rescue declining local populations or replaceextinctones.
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The final prediction that species would go locallyextinctand be replaced by rescue effects was not met.
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However, in any period t, fertility will still be given by (6) for all types which are not becomingextinctin that period. 10.
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Extinctpopulations were not replaced by viable ones.
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The myriad chemical publications of these cameralist reformers exist today as the artifacts of anextinctprofession.
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In the skulls ofextincttaxa, the orbit and nares are represented by dark gray shading.
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Species that depend on large, and/or permanent, aquatic sites for reproduction simply goextinctas is reflected in species composition and turnover patterns.
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However, if its increased reproduction causes the host to die before transmitting the pathogen to another host, the mutant genotype will becomeextinct.
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Alternatively, there could have been multiple species (all except one of the lineages goingextinct), with restricted gene flow among them.
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Even if males and females do survive and mate, the numbers may be so small that the pioneer population goesextinctby chance.
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By the 1930s, the belief that pre-initiation pregnancies boded ill fortune for clan, chief and community was highly contested, but it was far fromextinct.
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A population may also becomeextinctdue to exceptionally high mortality rates.
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Fitted curves not constrained to pass through 0 when cohort becomesextinct.
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The present work is a reminder that the art of bestiary is not completelyextinct.
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Ammonites will also find little to celebrate in the new database as we next find out how they also wentextinct.
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