extinguish的双解释义

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. terminate, end, or take out;

   "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"
   "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"
   "eliminate my debts"
   

5. kill in large numbers;

   "the plague wiped out an entire population"
   

1. 消灭：防止安全威胁范围扩大;消灭(Extinguish)??用合适的补丁程序、杀毒工具等消除迫在眉睫的威胁,同时采取必要的行动,防止类似攻击再发生. 隔离(Isolate) 大多数安全问题都是由于各种安全技术之间互不联系造成的. 它们之间往往是相互分离的,

2. 灭：为了驱逐恶灵,他们会将房子里的炉火和烛台(candles)熄灭(extinguish),将房子弄得很荒凉(inhospitable),好像没人居住一样,这样恶灵就不会进屋去. 他们也会故意穿得很邋遢(sloppilydressed),看起来很丑,这样恶灵就不愿意接近他们了.

3. 灭绝,熄灭：extinct 灭种,熄灭了的 |extinguish 灭绝,熄灭 | extirpate 灭绝,连根拔起

• 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

• 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.

1. extinguish的基本意思是用窒息、闷死、水浇等方法“使熄灭”“扑灭”。extinguish还可引申表示如同吹灭一支蜡烛或用水浇灭一堆火一样使某事物突然和完全结束、不复存在或销声匿迹。
2. extinguish是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。