extinguish
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"The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children"
"Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"
"quench the flames"
"snuff out the candles"
"stub out your cigar"
"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
"Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"
"eliminate my debts"
"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
Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.
吸烟是禁止的，请你把烟熄掉。
They tried to extinguish the flames.
他们竭力要把火焰扑灭。
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。
Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.
没有什么能使他丧失对人性的信心。
We have to extinguish the memory of the defeat.
我们必须抹去对那次失败的记忆。
(formal)All lights had been extinguished.
所有灯光都熄灭了。
News of the bombing extinguished all hope of peace.
轰炸的消息使和平的希望全部破灭。
Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
消防队员奋力救火。
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。
It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire...
大约花了50分钟才把火扑灭。
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。
Once you allow that human life is subject to reason, you extinguish any possibility of life.
当你试图把人类的生活归结为逻辑的时候, 你就将生命中所有的可能性都抹杀了.
Article 40 Water rights extinguish upon the expiration of the approved duration.
第40条(水权之消灭与展限登记)水权于核准年限届满时消灭.
Repeated reBuffs couldn't extinguish my enthusiasm.
我的热情不会因屡次的受责而减少.
Fractions, Decimals & Percents . extinguish the flame with the right answers to fraction , percent and decimal problems.
分数, 小数及百分数:回答正确的答案, 帮助熄灭火烧.
This prodigal mood does not extinguish her growing sense of the need for economy.
这种挥金如土的心情并未能完全消除她应该节省的感觉.
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.
To extinguish all the lights on ( a stage ).
熄灯: ( 在舞台上 ) 熄灭全部灯光.
Nothing can extinguish his faith in human nature.
什么都不能破坏他对人类本性的信仰.
We have to extinguish the memory of the defeat.
我们必须抹去对那次失败的记忆.
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.
Reforms radically in the water well, the well water quick disinfection to extinguish cause of disaster.
后一句“正本清源在呀在水井, 井水快消毒灭祸根”是对前一句的反复,而最末三字“灭祸根”则是重复.
The surroundings helped extinguish any idealistic fervour that might have existed.
会议的气氛也彻底浇灭了任何可能存在过的理想主义热情.
Their behaviors are merely squeezing other creatures'living space to extinguish other species.
人类的行为不过充其量挤占其他生物的生存空间.
Yesterday chief executive Peter Kenyon did his best to extinguish the inferno.
然而昨天首席执行官肯扬使尽全身解数来定纷止争.
Burnout as a black ash, red like struggling refused to extinguish the fire.
黑色像燃尽了的灰, 红色像挣扎着不肯熄灭的火.
The new flame can extinguish old flame, big pain can make minor suffering ease off.
新的火焰可以把旧的火焰扑灭, 大的苦痛可以使小的苦痛减轻.
Please extinguish your cigarettes prior to takeoff.
飞机起飞前请熄灭香烟.
Please extinguish your cigarettes.
请将香烟熄灭.
After very long time they turn the ashes entirely, looks that they burn burn extinguish cry.
在很久之后它们通通变成灰烬, 看着它们燃烧焚灭而落泪.
When love used up, everything along with it ash the smoke to extinguish. Had Not scar.
当爱情用完了, 一切也会随之灰飞烟灭,半点不留痕.
We must try to extinguish the memory of what has happened, and look to the future.
我们必须抹去对过去的事情的记忆, 向前看.
He extinguished the light and mounted the stairs in darkness.
出自：W. TrevorNothing could wholly extinguish the flame of genius.
出自：fig.