extinguish例句有哪些

1. vt. 使熄灭,扑灭 stop burning; put out
2. vt. 使…不复存在 end the existence of hope, love, passion, etc.

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. He extinguished his opponents with a single word.
   他一句话便使对手哑口无言。
2. You may extinguish a nation, but not the love of liberty.
   你能灭亡一个国家,但却不能消灭人们对自由的热爱。
3. Firemen extinguished the blaze quickly.
   消防队员很快把火扑灭。
4. Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.
   没什么能使他丧失对人性的信念。
5. His discovery extinguished the achievements of his colleague.
   他的发现使他的同事的成就黯然失色。
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6. Hope for his safe arrival was slowly extinguished.
   对他平安到达的希望慢慢地破灭了。
7. His life was finally extinguished by the onset of pneumonia.
   他的生命之火终于因肺炎的侵袭而熄灭了。

• He extinguished the light and mounted the stairs in darkness.

  出自：W. Trevor

• Nothing could wholly extinguish the flame of genius.

  出自：fig.

destroy，exterminate，extinguish

这3个动词均有“消灭”之意。

destroy指通过杀戮或终止某人某物的机能，使之无用或毁灭。

exterminate指大量地、成批地杀害、消灭。

extinguish原义指灭火，转义后暗示生命、希望等像灭火一样地被消灭、熄灭。