Whales were then ruthlessly pursued, several species almost to extinction, until hunting was banned in the 1980s.

随后鲸鱼被残酷地追捕，几个种类几乎灭绝，直到八十年代捕鲸被禁止为止。

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They live on Komodo Island and a few neighbouring islands in Indonesia. Driven almost to extinction, they are now protected.

它们生活在印尼的科莫多岛以及邻近的几个岛上，濒于绝种，现已列为保护对象。

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Their report identifies six causes driving species to extinction, almost all linked in some way to human activity.

他们的报告确认了六个导致物种灭绝的原因，几乎都在某种程度上与人类活动有关。

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These conditions permitted a development of institutions and habits needed for freedom, even as they also made Europe vulnerable to conquests and to extinction, and Europe was almost extinguished practically before there was a Europe; very early in its history.

这些恰恰是自由的形成和发展,需要的的制度和特征,尽管这也使欧洲,在外敌入侵时变的不堪一击,实际上,在它早期的历史中,欧洲在尚未形成前就差点消失

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It was persecuted almost to extinction but has now been re-introduced and is colonizing all over the continent.

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Hunted almost to extinction at the beginning of the 20th Century, the species of goat-antelope was reintroduced to the Majella in the 1990s and now successfully breeds there.

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