extinction
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英語の語源
- extinction (n.)
- early 15c., "annihilation," from Latin extinctionem/exstinctionem (nominative extinctio/exstinctio) "extinction, annihilation," noun of action from past participle stem of extinguere/exstinguere "quench, wipe out" (see extinguish). Originally of fires, lights; figurative use, the wiping out of a material thing (a debt, a person, a family, etc.) from early 17c.; of species by 1784.
例文
- 1. 30 percent of reptiles，birds，and fish are currently threatened with extinction .
- 現在、爬虫類、鳥類、魚類の30%が絶滅の危険にさらされている。
- 2.The centuries-old ritual seems heade for extinction .
- 何世紀も続いた儀式は消滅に直面しそうだ。
- 3.The island 's way of life is doomed to extinction .
- この島の生活様式は消える運命にある。
- 4.The animals were ruthlessly hunted to the verge of extinction .
- これらの動物は非情な狩猟に遭い絶滅の危機に瀕している。
- 5.The plant is now in danger of extinction .
- この植物は現在絶滅の危険がある。
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