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学个词-1753-wipe out

今天我们要学的词是 wipe out. To wipe out 意思是彻底销毁，损失。野生动物机构说，Pollution on the British coastline may wipe out a whole generation of seabirds. 一起污染事件可能会造成英国一段海岸线附近的一代海鸟全部死亡。最新研究结果认为，The Mayan civilization was wiped out by drought¹. 玛雅人是因为干旱天气而消亡的。世界银行说，Extreme global poverty could be wiped out by 2030. 2030年以前可望彻底消除全球极度贫困现象。好的，今天我们学习的词是 wipe out, wipe out, wipe out...

1 drought   

n.旱灾，干旱，久旱

参考例句：

• The plants are growing in again,despite the drought.尽管干旱，植物又长出来了。
• The ground is as hard as stone after the drought.长期干旱后土地硬得就像石头一样。