extinguish

extinguish读音音标

英 [ɪkˈstɪŋgwɪʃ]

美 [ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ]

extinguish意思解释

vt.

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

v.(动词)

vt. 使熄灭,扑灭 stop burning; put outvt. 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

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词extinguish a cigarette熄灭香烟extinguish fire灭火～+副词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

extinguish, dispose, erase, exclude, cancel, eliminate, abolish

这组词都有“取消，除掉”的意思，其区别是：

extinguish

v.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。

dispose

v.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。

erase

v.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。

exclude

v.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。

cancel

v.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。

eliminate

v.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*素。

abolish

v.指对法律、习俗、制度的废除；完全破坏。

The government abolished the tax on alcohol.*府取消了酒税。

destroy, extinguish, exterminate

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

用作及物动词(vt.)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。