extinguish
熄灭(火);使(希望、爱情等)不复存在;偿清;
变形
过去式:extinguished过去分词:extinguished现在分词:extinguishing第三人称单数:extinguishes
双语释义
- vt. 使熄灭,扑灭 stop burning; put out
- vt. 使…不复存在 end the existence of hope, love, passion, etc.
英英释义
extinguish[ ik'stiŋɡwiʃ ]
- v.
- put an end to; kill
同义词:snuff out
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
"Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"
同义词:snuff outblow outquench
- extinguish by crushing
同义词:stub outcrush outpress out
- kill in large numbers
同义词:eliminateannihilateeradicatewipe outdecimatecarry off
- put an end to; kill
词汇搭配
- extinguish a cigarette熄灭香烟
- extinguish fire灭火
- extinguish finally终于破灭
- extinguish promptly迅速破灭
- extinguish quickly很快扑灭
- extinguish sadly可悲地破灭
- extinguish swiftly迅速地破灭
同近义词辨析
这组词都有“取消,除掉”的意思,其区别是:
extinguishv.熄灭,扑灭(火);使沉默,使暗淡。
Firefighters extinguished a big fire.消防队员扑灭了大火。
disposev.处理,处置;表示“除掉、扔掉”时常与of连用。(这一点需要注意。)
After your picnic, please dispose of the litter.野餐后请清除掉垃圾。
erasev.除去,擦掉,指有意识地除去字迹、声音等。
I erased the music on the tape before recording on the tape again.我在往磁带上录音之前先消掉了上面的音乐。
excludev.排斥;排除,不包括在内,与include互为反义词。
The restaurant excludes anyone who is not properly dressed from entering.衣冠不整者不得进入该餐馆。
cancelv.对预先安排的某种活动(如旅行、计划、会议等)的取消;删去(字、句)。
The meeting has been cancelled because of the flu.会议由于流感而取消了。
eliminatev.指消除、淘汰已经存在但是现在不需要的东西。
The losing team was eliminated from further competition.失利的那个队被淘汰了,不能参加下一阶段的比赛。
The doctor helped him eliminate toxins from the intestine.医生帮助他排出肠中毒素。
abolishv.指对法律、习俗、制度的废除;完全破坏。
The government abolished the tax on alcohol.政府取消了酒税。
这组词都有“消灭”的意思,其区别是:
destroy指通过杀戮或终止某人某物的机能,使之无用或毁灭。
extinguish原义指灭火,转义后暗示生命、希望等像火一样地消灭、熄灭。
exterminate指大量地、成批地杀害、消灭。
双语例句
- 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。