1. Once regarded as big money spinners to resurrect the television industry, a multitude of pay TV companies have been exterminated by the fierce competition. 付费电视公司曾经一度被誉为能使电视业恢复青春的印钞机，但无数这样的公司已被激烈的竞争消灭。
2. But as the big woods of the Mississippi Delta were chopped down, the woodpecker-with its distinctive tooting call and double knock-was slowly exterminated. 但随着密西西比三角洲的森林被砍伐殆尽，这种能制造出独特的“嘟嘟，嘟嘟”啄木声的啄木鸟已经渐渐灭绝了。
3. Having missed their opportunity 9m years earlier, man's ancestors and their kin now grabbed it, moving into the niches vacated by their recently exterminated Cousins. 人类祖先在九百万年前错失良机之后，现在他们与其亲族们没有再次错过，他们入住到一些特殊的栖息地，这都是他们最近灭绝的堂兄堂弟留下的。
4. It later became apparent that rabbits were developing a degree of resistance to this disease, so that the rabbit population was unlikely to be completely exterminated. 后来，明显看出，兔子对这种疾病已产生了一定程度的免疫力，所以兔子不可能被完全消灭。
