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词汇 example_english_threat-of-extinction
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threat of extinction

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meanings of threatand extinction


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threat
noun[C]
uk /θret/ us /θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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extinction
noun[U]
uk /ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/ us /ɪkˈstɪŋk.ʃən/
a situation in which something no ...
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Examples of threat of extinction


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Thus, the existence of back mutations does not seem to rule out the threatofextinction.
Sadly for linguistics, the indigenous languages of this vast area continue to remain among the world's most incompletely documented even as many of them fall under increasing threatofextinction.
Today, our people, our distinct rich cultural heritage and our national identity are facing the threatofextinction.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
There is a fear that the basking shark faces a real threatofextinction.
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Scientists have warned that, with new equipment such as sonar and new, more powerful boats, many species of fish are under threatofextinction.
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Is he aware that there are 330 species of parrot in the world, and that about one third of them are under threatofextinction?
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It is crystal clear that the species is under threatofextinction unless decisive action is taken.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I wanted to discover exactly what kind of creature it is and why it is facing the threatofextinction.
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Hansard archive

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However prolific and influential in its heyday, no organism can be absolutely immune from the threatofextinction.
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They have been given an option and now is compulsion brought in by threatofextinction?
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There is a threatofextinction in the first amendment and the promise of a probationary period in the second.
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The fact is that it is now under threatofextinction.
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I have heard from taxi drivers that they face the threatofextinction.
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Many species are under threatofextinction.
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Those listed in appendix 1 to the convention are considered to be under immediate threatofextinction and, for the most part, are subject to a complete trade ban.
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When we went to see them, they told us that, although they understood what was happening to the dolphins, they were themselves under threatofextinction.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Currently, the total population is in the hundreds of thousands and the harbour porpoise is not under threatofextinction.
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The immediate goal of conservation efforts is to reduce the threatofextinction by creating captive and wild populations.
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