annihilation
/əˌnaɪəˈleɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- complete destruction or obliteration毁灭：
the threat of global annihilation.
全球毁灭的危险。
1.1
- total defeat溃败：
a show of independence is its only hope of avoiding annihilation in next year's elections.
要避免次年选举溃败唯一的希望在于展示独立性。
1.2
- Physics the conversion of matter into energy, especially the mutual conversion of a particle and an antiparticle into electromagnetic radiation【物理】湮灭, 湮没。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from late Latin annihilatio（n-）， from the verb annihilare （see ANNIHILATE）.