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Extinction
【原句回放】As the coastal water were heavily fished, the seals remained only on the southern-most eventually hunted to extinction. (P2)
【点 拨】extinction n. the situation when an animal or plant no longer exists表示“灭绝;熄灭”,
如:We should protect the species that are in danger of extinction.
The race was threatened with extinction.