extinct

　　Zoos are working together to stop animals from going extinct.

　　动物园正在一起行动(去)阻止动物的灭绝。

　　Animals to which humans are indifferent often lose their habitats and go extinct.

　　对人类漠然的动物经常是失去了它们的栖息地，灭绝;

　　But no government wants to see the tiger, an emblem of India, go extinct on its watch.

　　但是没有哪届政府希望看到印度的象征之物 老虎在其任期内灭绝。

　　1.ADJ A species of animal or plant that is extinct no longer has any living members, either in the world or in a particular place. 绝种的

　　例：At the current rate of decline, many of the rain forest animals could become extinct in less than 10 years.

　　按照目前的下降速度，许多雨林动物不到十年就会绝种。

　　2.ADJ If a particular kind of worker, way of life, or type of activity is extinct, it no longer exists, because of changes in society. 不复存在的

　　例：Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world.

　　草药医术在西方世界几乎已成了一项绝迹的技术。

　　3.ADJ An extinct volcano is one that does not erupt or is not expected to erupt anymore. 死的

　　例：Its tallest volcano, long extinct, is Olympus Mons.

　　它最高的火山是已死很久的奥林匹斯山。

　　常见用法

　　用作形容词

　　This is an extinct species of fish.

　　这是一种已经灭绝的鱼。

　　This species will be extinct in a few decades.

　　几十年后这个物种将会灭绝。

　　An extinct volcano can no longer erupt.

　　一个灭绝的火山已不能再爆发。

　　My hope of getting some employment was extinct.

　　我要找到工作的希望落空了。