Which animals are still alive but in small numbers: endangered animals or extinct animals?
译句: 哪些动物仍有存活但数量很少:濒危动物还是灭绝的动物?(答案附在文末)
endangered/ɪn'dendʒɚd/ adj. 快要绝种的,濒危的
[惯用语]:
endangered species 濒临绝种的动植物
endangered breed 濒危品种
endangered animal 濒危动物
[例句]:
• Penguins are the second most endangered sea bird.
企鹅是第二大濒危海鸟。
• Many use wood from endangered rain forests.
许多使用的木材来自濒危的雨林。
• Several rare and endangered species live in the park.
公园里有几种珍稀濒危物种。
extinct /ɪk'stɪŋkt/ adj. 灭绝的, 绝种的, 熄灭的
[近义词]:adj. dead
[反义词]:n. extant, active, live
[例句]:
• The mammoth is extinct.
猛犸象已经灭绝了。
• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.
恐龙已经灭绝几百万年了。
• Every year thousands of species go extinct.
每年成千上万的物种濒临灭绝。
• All hopes were extinct.
所有希望都破灭了。
答案: endangered animals