The mountain gorilla is on the verge of extinction.

居住在山区的大猩猩已濒临灭绝。

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They have driven the rhino to the edge of extinction.

他们已经把犀牛逼到了灭绝的边缘。

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This period of extinction wasn't comprehensive.

这一时期的灭绝并不彻底。

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But Senator Lee says not all sharks are in danger of extinction.

VOA: special.2011.03.15

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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Today,the species is on the verge of extinction.

VOA: special.2009.03.25

In the late 1970s aggressive poaching took the rhino to the brink of extinction.

BBC: Saving rhinos in Namibia

First, it is nearly always rooted in the experience of death and the fear of extinction.

NPR: Karen Armstrong: Myths and the Modern World

That is a dangerous gamble when several stocks are at immediate risk of extinction.

CNN: Salmon Swimming