熄滅這件事
兩個意思都是同一個熄火事件，只是熄掉的東西不同：一邊是活的生命，一邊是人的活法。
end of a species · noun · C1
The end of a kind of animal or plant, when none of that kind are left alive anywhere.
滅絕
核心畫面
One way to picture it: the moment a fire finally goes out — not one flame flickering low, but the whole fire ending, with nothing left to relight.
火完全熄掉的那件事。extinction 是名詞，所以它指的不是「熄掉的狀態」（那是 extinct），而是「熄掉」…更多收起
火完全熄掉的那件事。extinction 是名詞，所以它指的不是「熄掉的狀態」（那是 extinct），而是「熄掉」這整個過程或這個結局——最後一點火沒了，而且沒有火種可以再點。這個字之所以聽起來重，就是因為它裡面藏著「不可逆」：不是變少，是歸零。From the word’s history
From Latin extinctio "a quenching, annihilation", from extinguere "to put out (a fire)" — the noun of the act of putting out.
來自拉丁文 extinctio「熄滅、消滅」，動詞是 extinguere「把火弄熄」，也就是今天 extinguish 的來源。所以 extinction 字面上是「把火弄熄這件事」的名詞形式；現代講物種滅絕，是把一整群生命當成一盞燈來看。
Latin extinctio, from extinguere (as given in the entry's origin note)
One branch
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
extinctionnoun/ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/
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The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
- Thirteen long centuries have elapsed since the extinction of the last Zoroastrian Empire[…]
- Their lives were short; all were condemned by the early 1930s, presumably because, like most classes of G.S.W.R. engines, their small numbers invited extinction under any comprehensive programme of standardisation.
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astronomynatural-sciencesThe absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
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medicinepathologysciencesThe inability to perceive multiple stimuli simultaneously.
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human-sciencespsychologysciencesThe fading of a conditioned response over time if it is not reinforced.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。