extinctions n. 消失;废除;灭绝(extinction的复数)
- If there were no extinctions of species on Earth, what would life look like now?
设若地球上的所有物种都没灭绝,今天的芸芸众生会是怎样的? - Thus, their abundance at the extinction boundaries opened the way for a new interpretation of the cause of mass extinctions.
在灭绝的地质年代界线中,它们的大量存在,为大规模灭绝的成因,提出了一个新的解释。 - The UN Climate Panel says greenhouse gas emissions are warming the planet and will lead to more floods, droughts, heatwaves, rising sea levels and animal and plant extinctions.
联合国气候专家说温室气体的释放正使全球变暖,将会导致更多的洪水,干旱,高温,同时使海平面上升,造成动植物的灭绝