Phrase
almost extinct
phrase
几乎灭绝；濒临灭绝
almost extinct
多指物种、语言等即将不复存在；书面语可作“不绝如缕”。
不绝如缕
In use
This species of frog is almost extinct because its wetland habitat is disappearing.
The old dialect is almost extinct, and only a few villagers can speak it.
These traditional weaving skills are almost extinct now that machines produce cloth faster.
be almost extinct
The species is almost extinct.
该物种几乎灭绝。
become almost extinct
The language has become almost extinct.
这种语言已近灭绝。
consider something almost extinct
用于被动语态时，可写成 be considered almost extinct。
Many consider the tradition almost extinct.
许多人认为这一传统已几近消失。
Common mistakes
The species almost extinct.The species is almost extinct.
中文学习者常遗漏系动词“be”，因为中文中“几乎灭绝”可以直接作谓语，但英文必须用“be + almost extinct”构成形容词短语作谓语。
We almost extinct the animal.We almost made the animal extinct.
中文学习者误将“extinct”当作及物动词使用，实际上“extinct”是形容词，应使用“make...extinct”或“drive...extinct”表达“使灭绝”。
Connections
Confusing words
- endangered
- 濒危的 · Endangered 表示有灭绝风险但尚未到几乎灭绝的程度；almost extinct 表示数量极少，即将灭绝。
Word family
- extinction
- 灭绝 · n.
- extinguish
- 熄灭；灭绝 · v.
- extinguisher
- 灭火器 · n.
Dictionary facts from BridgeDict normalized sources.