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.
The first westerner to discover these islands was an Italian explorer in 1524.
首次发现这些岛屿的西方人是一位意大利探险家,时间是1524年。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.