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常考释义
vt. 从兽群中剔除（劣等动物）；选择性宰杀（家畜或野生动物）【农,生态】
Farmers want gun club members to help cull badgers, which are blamed for the huge increase in bovine TB.
农民们希望猎枪俱乐部成员帮忙捕杀野生獾，因为野生獾被指为牛结核病发病率剧增的元凶。
To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2,000 elephants.
为挽救现存象群和它们的栖息地，国家公园部计划选择性宰杀2,000头大象。
vt. 挑选；选出；选取
After each group sends us their results, we'll cull the best ideas and convene a seminar to discuss them.
每组把结果发给我们之后，我们会挑选出最佳构想，然后召开会议一起讨论。
Laura was passing around photographs she'd culled from the albums at home.
劳拉正在给人传看她从家里的相册中挑选出来的照片。
information culled from movies he had seen on television
从他在电视上看过的电影中选取的信息
All this had been culled second-hand from radio reports.
这都是从电台报道中采集来的二手信息。
vt. 裁（员）；除掉；去掉
The company may have to cull more workers.
这家公司可能要裁掉更多员工。
n. 剔除；选择性宰杀
In the reserves of Zimbabwe and South Africa, annual culls are already routine.
在津巴布韦和南非的保护区，每年的选择性捕杀已成惯例。
vt. to cull a flock：（为减小种群规模）部分宰杀（兽群或畜群中的动物）
vt. 采集；采摘<文>
n. 被剔除的病弱动物
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