extinguish的中文翻譯是什麼意思

extinguish

US/ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/
UK/ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/

v. 熄滅,撲滅; 使破滅

extinguish柯林斯釋義

VERB熄滅;撲滅

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。

VERB消除;使破滅

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。

extinguish英文釋義

Verb

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. kill in large numbers;

  • the plague wiped out an entire population

extinguish同義詞辨析

destroy, exterminate, extinguish

這3個動詞均有"消滅"之意。

  • destroy : 指透過殺戮或終止某人某物的機能,使之無用或毀滅。
  • exterminate : 指大量地、成批地殺害、消滅。
  • extinguish : 原義指滅火,轉義後暗示生命、希望等像火一樣地消滅、熄滅。

extinguish場景例句

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.

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extinguish詞性變形

extinguishesextinguishedextinguishing

extinguish近義詞

vt. 熄滅;平息;壓碎

quenchcrushsuppressoutputsmother

其他釋義

quenchputdousedampoutcrushsuppresssmotherquell

extinguish反義詞

vt. 熄滅

lightignitekindle

其他釋義

lightkindle