The state of being destroyed or becoming extinct, as a species of animal.

作为动物的一个物种，处于被消灭或消亡的状态。

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A new report on the state of the world's oceans warns Marine life is likely to go extinct at a rate unprecedented in human history.

关于世界海洋状况的新的报告警告称，海洋生命可能正在以人类历史上前所未有的速度灭绝。

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They existed in a state of profound apathy, "like extinct volcanoes, " in the words of one doctor.

他们处于没精打采的状态，用一位医生的话来说，“犹如一座座死火山”。

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The United States has never before considered itself bound by international law to accept as its treaty partner the successor to an extinct State.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Senate testimony of Douglas Feith and George Miron on ABM treaties and international law

No judicial decision contradicts the scholarly view that a non-dispositive bilateral treaty of an extinct State does not automatically become a treaty of its successor or successors.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Senate testimony of Douglas Feith and George Miron on ABM treaties and international law

The President cannot, without Senate approval, bring a lapsed treaty back to life by declaring that a given foreign State is the successor or continuation of an extinct State.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center for Security Policy | Senate testimony of Douglas Feith and George Miron on ABM treaties and international law