extinguish 详细解释

extinguish

[iks'tiŋgwiʃ]

vt.熄灭, 扑灭, 消灭, 使破灭, 偿清

vt.

1. 熄灭(火等)

This is a new method of extinguishing forest fires.

这是一种扑灭森林之火的新方法。

2. 使(热情、希望等)破灭; 使消失

The storm extinguished their last hope for rescue.

风暴使他们最后的获救希望破灭了。

词形变化

形容词: extinguishable | 名词: extinguishment | 动词过去式: extinguished | 动词过去分词: extinguished | 动词现在分词: extinguishing | 动词第三人称单数: extinguishes |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.熄灭; 平息; 压碎

smother  quench  suppress  crush  put out  

同义参见:

quell  douse  damp  

反义:

vt.熄灭

light  kindle  ignite  

反义参见:

burn  

英英释义

动词 extinguish:

put an end to; kill

同义词：snuff out

put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

同义词：snuff out, blow out, quench

extinguish by crushing

同义词：stub out, crush out, press out

kill in large numbers

同义词：eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off

补充

extinguishextinguish英:[iksˈtiŋɡwiʃ] 美:[ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ]vt.1.使熄灭, 扑灭Water extinguished the fire.水把火浇灭了。2.使…不复存在His discovery extinguished the achievements of his colleague.他的发现使他同事的成就黯然失色。

例句

1. It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire.扑灭这场火用了大约50分钟。 2. Someone had extinguished the lights in the kitchen.有人把厨房的灯关了。 3. The message extinguished her hopes of Richard's return.那条消息使她对理查德归来的希望彻底破灭。 4. to extinguish a candle熄灭蜡烛 5. to extinguish a fire (or blaze)灭火 6. to extinguish hope使希望破灭 7. Her life was finally extinguished by the onset of liver complaint.她的生命之火终因肝病发作而被掐灭了。 8. to extinguish all crimes消灭一切犯罪行为 9. She extinguished him with a single word.她一句话就说得他哑口无言。 10. She seems extinguished by her younger sister in computery.在计算机的操作方面她妹妹似乎使她相形见绌。 11. to extinguish a claim and right使要求和权利无效 12. He has extinguished the debt.他偿清了那笔债。 13. firemen were soaking everything to extinguish the blaze.为了灭火，消防员浇湿了所有东西。 14. hope is extinguished little by little.希望慢慢破灭了。 15. a look which would have extinguished any man.能镇住任何人的目光。 16. the debt was absolutely extinguished.债已经彻底还清。 17. rights of common pasture were extinguished.共同使用牧场的权利已被取消。 18. The fire was extinguished very quickly.这场火很快就被扑灭了。 19. The fire department was called in to extinguish the blaze.消防队接到报警，前来灭火。 20. He extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray.他在烟灰缸里把香烟掐灭。 21. They ruthlessly extinguished all resistance.他们残酷地消灭了所有抵抗力量。 22. News of the conflict extinguished our hopes for a peaceful resolution.发生冲突的消息使我们和平解决的希望破灭。

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