extraction
n
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(a) [U] action of extracting (extract 1a) 取出; 拔出; 强索
the extraction of a tooth 拔牙
the extraction of financial contributions 硬性摊派捐款
the extraction of information 打探消息
[attrib 作定语]
an extraction process at a diamond mine 钻石矿的开采过程.
(b) [C] instance of extracting a tooth 拔牙
He needs two extractions. 他需要拔掉两颗牙齿.
2 [U] (fml 文) descent; parentage 血统; 出身; 家世
an American of Hungarian extraction 匈牙利血统的美国人.
It's much cheaper to camp than to stay in a hotel.
露营比住旅馆要便宜多了。
On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read