2ADJ (某类劳动者、生活方式或活动)不复存在的,废除了的 If a particular kind of worker, way of life, or type of activity is extinct, it no longer exists, because of changes in society. (某类劳动者、生活方式或活动)不复存在的,废除了的
If the current trend continues, black farmers in the United States may be extinct by the end of this decade.
如果当前趋势继续发展下去,美国的黑人农民将在这个十年末不复存在。
Herbalism had become an all but extinct skill in the Western world.
VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be滅絕▸➤become, go面臨絕種▸➤make sth使⋯滅絕▸➤presume sth, think sth推測⋯已滅絕;認為⋯已絕種◇The species was presumed extinct.這一物種據推定已絕種。ADVERB➤completely, totally完全滅絕;全部滅絕▸➤long已滅絕很長時間◇Dinosaurs are, of course, long extinct.當然,恐龍滅絕已經很長時間了。➤all but, almost, nearly, practically, virtually幾乎滅絕;差不多絕種◇The numbers of these animals have been falling steadily and they are now almost extinct.這些動物數量持續下降,現在幾近滅絕。