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Which animals are still alive but in small numbers: endangered animals or extinct animals？

译句： 哪些动物仍有存活但数量很少：濒危动物还是灭绝的动物？（答案附在文末）

endangered/ɪn'dendʒɚd/ adj. 快要绝种的，濒危的

[惯用语]：

endangered species 濒临绝种的动植物

endangered breed 濒危品种

endangered animal 濒危动物

[例句]:

• Penguins are the second most endangered sea bird.

企鹅是第二大濒危海鸟。

• Many use wood from endangered rain forests.

许多使用的木材来自濒危的雨林。

• Several rare and endangered species live in the park.

公园里有几种珍稀濒危物种。

extinct /ɪk'stɪŋkt/ adj. 灭绝的, 绝种的, 熄灭的

[近义词]：adj. dead

[反义词]：n. extant, active, live

[例句]:

• The mammoth is extinct.

猛犸象已经灭绝了。

• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years.

恐龙已经灭绝几百万年了。

• Every year thousands of species go extinct.

每年成千上万的物种濒临灭绝。

• All hopes were extinct.

所有希望都破灭了。

答案： endangered animals