extinguish

英[ɪk'stɪŋɡwɪʃ] 美[ɪk'stɪŋɡwɪʃ]
  • vt. 熄灭；扑灭；消灭；使破灭；偿清
extinguishable extinguishment extinguished extinguished extinguishing extinguishes
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详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 使熄灭,扑灭 stop burning; put out
    2. vt. 使…不复存在 end the existence of hope, love, passion, etc.

英英释义

Verb:
  1. put an end to; kill;

    "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"

  2. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights;

    "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"
    "quench the flames"
    "snuff out the candles"

  3. extinguish by crushing;

    "stub out your cigar"

  4. terminate, end, or take out;

    "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
    "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"
    "eliminate my debts"

  5. kill in large numbers;

    "the plague wiped out an entire population"

双语例句

1. Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
消防队员奋力救火。

来自《权威词典》

2. You may extinguish a nation, but not the love of liberty.
你可以消灭一个国家, 但不能消灭对自由的热爱.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire.
大约花了50分钟才把火扑灭。

来自辞典例句

4. Please extinguish your cigarette when the ` no smoking'signs lights up.
当"禁止吸烟 " 的指示灯亮时,请您熄灭香烟.

来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语

5. The firefighter put his life in danger to extinguish the forest fire.
消防员冒着生命危险扑灭森林大火.

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    用作及物动词 (vt.)
    1. Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.
      吸烟是禁止的，请你把烟熄掉。
    2. They tried to extinguish the flames.
      他们竭力要把火焰扑灭。
    3. The dictator wanted to extinguish all of his opposition in one go.
      这位独裁者想一口气消灭所有对手。
    4. Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.
      没有什么能使他丧失对人性的信心。
    5. We have to extinguish the memory of the defeat.
      我们必须抹去对那次失败的记忆。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+～+ n./pron.
    1. He extinguished his opponents with a single word.
      他一句话便使对手哑口无言。
    2. You may extinguish a nation, but not the love of liberty.
      你能灭亡一个国家,但却不能消灭人们对自由的热爱。
    3. Firemen extinguished the blaze quickly.
      消防队员很快把火扑灭。
    4. Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.
      没什么能使他丧失对人性的信念。
    5. His discovery extinguished the achievements of his colleague.
      他的发现使他的同事的成就黯然失色。
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    6. Hope for his safe arrival was slowly extinguished.
      对他平安到达的希望慢慢地破灭了。
    7. His life was finally extinguished by the onset of pneumonia.
      他的生命之火终于因肺炎的侵袭而熄灭了。

用法讲解

v. (动词)
  1. extinguish的基本意思是用窒息、闷死、水浇等方法“使熄灭”“扑灭”。extinguish还可引申表示如同吹灭一支蜡烛或用水浇灭一堆火一样使某事物突然和完全结束、不复存在或销声匿迹。
  2. extinguish是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
destroy，exterminate，extinguish
  • 这3个动词均有“消灭”之意。
  • destroy指通过杀戮或终止某人某物的机能，使之无用或毁灭。
  • exterminate指大量地、成批地杀害、消灭。
  • extinguish原义指灭火，转义后暗示生命、希望等像灭火一样地被消灭、熄灭。
    • 用作动词 (v.)
    ～+名词 ～+副词

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