灭绝 – vocab dash

灭绝mièjué

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Meanings

1. to become extinct; to die out

2. to lose (sth abstract) completely

3. to exterminate

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愚鸠是shì已yǐ灭绝mièjué的de动物dòngwù。

The dodo is an extinct animal.

恐龙kǒnglóng好久hǎojiǔ以前yǐqián就jiù灭绝mièjué了le。

Dinosaurs died out a very long time ago.

这zhè是shì一个yīge濒临bīnlín灭绝mièjué的de物种wùzhǒng。

It is an endangered species.

如果rúguǒ我们wǒmen不bù做zuò更gèng多duō的de努力nǔlì去qù保护bǎohù雨林yǔlín，很hěn多duō其中qízhōng的de稀有xīyǒu物种wùzhǒng将会jiānghuì灭绝mièjué。

If we don't make the utmost effort to protect the rainforests, many of the rare species in them will become extinct.

许多xǔduō自然zìrán环境huánjìng保护主义bǎohùzhǔyì者zhě担心dānxīn持续chíxù屠杀túshā鲸鱼jīngyú正zhèng推动tuīdòng这些zhèxiē动物dòngwù走向zǒuxiàng灭绝mièjué。

Many conservationists fear the continuing slaughter of whales is pushing these animals towards extinction.

渡渡鸟dùdùniǎo是shì已yǐ灭绝mièjué的de动物dòngwù。

The dodo is an extinct animal.