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.

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"
   

1.熄灭;扑灭
If youextinguish a fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining.

extinguish

e.g. It took about 50 minutes toextinguish the fire...
大约花了50分钟才把火扑灭。
e.g. The lights are extinguished as soon as the news conference is over.
新闻发布会一结束，灯光就熄灭了。

2.消除;使破灭
If somethingextinguishes a feeling or idea, it destroys it.

e.g. 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。

1. 消灭：防止安全威胁范围扩大;消灭(extinguish)??用合适的补丁程序、杀毒工具等消除迫在眉睫的威胁,同时采取必要的行动,防止类似攻击再发生. 隔离(Isolate) 大多数安全问题都是由于各种安全技术之间互不联系造成的. 它们之间往往是相互分离的,

2. 灭：为了驱逐恶灵,他们会将房子里的炉火和烛台(candles)熄灭(extinguish),将房子弄得很荒凉(inhospitable),好像没人居住一样,这样恶灵就不会进屋去. 他们也会故意穿得很邋遢(sloppilydressed),看起来很丑,这样恶灵就不愿意接近他们了.

3. 灭绝,熄灭：extinct 灭种,熄灭了的 |extinguish 灭绝,熄灭 | extirpate 灭绝,连根拔起