extinguish
v. 熄滅,撲滅; 使破滅
If you extinguish a fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining.
It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire...
大約花了50分鐘才把火撲滅。
The lights are extinguished as soon as the news conference is over.
新聞釋出會一結束,燈光就熄滅了。
If something extinguishes a feeling or idea, it destroys it.
The message extinguished her hopes of Richard's return.
那條訊息使她對理查德歸來的希望徹底破滅。
1. put an end to; kill;
2. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights;
3. extinguish by crushing;
4. kill in large numbers;
destroy, exterminate, extinguish
這3個動詞均有"消滅"之意。
Once you allow that human life is subject to reason, you extinguish any possibility of life.
當你試圖把人類的生活歸結為邏輯的時候, 你就將生命中所有的可能性都抹殺了.
Article 40 Water rights extinguish upon the expiration of the approved duration.
第40條(水權之消滅與展限登記)水權於核准年限屆滿時消滅.
Repeated reBuffs couldn't extinguish my enthusiasm.
我的熱情不會因屢次的受責而減少.
Fractions, Decimals & Percents . Extinguish the flame with the right answers to fraction , percent and decimal problems.
分數, 小數及百分數:回答正確的答案, 幫助熄滅火燒.
This prodigal mood does not extinguish her growing sense of the need for economy.
這種揮金如土的心情並未能完全消除她應該節省的感覺.