die off
英 [daɪ ɒf]
美 [daɪ ɔːf]
（一组生命体）一个接一个地死去直到死光
英英释义
verb
- become extinct
- Dinosaurs died out
双语例句
- By then, Japan's population will have shrunk by around 20 million people, an unprecedented die off for a nation neither at war or blighted by famine.
到那时日本人口将缩减至2000万人，对于一个期间既没有经历战争也没有遭遇饥荒的国家来说，这种人口缩减是史无前例的。 - Pollution from sewage or farm waste can cause excess algae growth, starving the water of oxygen and causing fish and other species to die off.
从下水道或者农场里出来的污染水引起藻类的过度生长，造成水里的氧气严重缺失，以至于鱼类和别的物种相继死去。 - Thos who can't adapt die off, while those who survive are of the best stock.
不能适应的都死掉了，能够活过来的，就是优良的品种。 - In like manner, because of factors like acidity of rain, weather shock in insects or even bacteria in the soil, even plants and animals familiar to an area may succumb, and die off.
同样地，即使作物和动物处在与过去相似的环境里，但某些象酸雨、遭受病虫害或土壤里微生物的侵害等因素也会令他们无法招架或死亡。 - Maybe some day we'll just die off.
也许有一天我们就会死去。 - Each time it drained, it caused entire species of sea plants and creatures to die off.
每次干涸，它都会造成整个海洋植物和动物的消亡。 - Contrary to the accepted wisdom that humans don't make new fat cells, scientists have found that our bodies constantly generate fresh cells each year to replace those that naturally die off.
人体不再产生新的脂肪细胞，与这个广泛接受的结论相反，科学家们发现：我们的体内每年都在不断的产生新的细胞来替代自然衰老死亡的细胞。 - There have been reports of poultry die off in her village.
有报道称，病人所在的村庄有家禽死亡情况。 - As sensitive organisms die off, resistant strains may come to dominate, and over time an antimalarial drug can lose its ability to cure infection.
随着敏感生物体相继死亡，耐药株开始占首要地位，并且抗疟药可在一段时间内丧失其治愈感染的能力。 - When we take a species out of its native home and transport it elsewhere, it may face new challenges and die off, or it may find itself virtually unencumbered by constraining forces.
如果我们让一个物种离开原产地，运到别处去，那么在新环境中，这个物种可能会遭遇到新的威胁而相继死亡，也可能发现几乎没有任何一种可以制约自己的力量。