extinguish
英 [ɪk'stɪŋgwɪʃ; ek-]
美 [ɪk'stɪŋɡwɪʃ]
vt. 熄滅；壓制；償清
v.(動詞)extinguish的基本意思是用窒息、悶死、水澆等方法“使熄滅”“撲滅”。extinguish還可引申表示如同吹滅一支蠟燭或用水澆滅一堆火一樣使某事物突然和完全結束、不復存在或銷聲匿跡。extinguish是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,可用於被動結構。
中文詞源：
extinguish 熄滅，撲滅
詞源同extinct, 滅絕的。
例句：
1. Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
2. You may extinguish a nation, but not the love of liberty.
你可以消滅一個國傢, 但不能消滅對自由的熱愛.
3. It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire.
大約花瞭50分鐘才把火撲滅。
4. Please extinguish your cigarette when the ` no smoking'signs lights up.
當"禁止吸煙 " 的指示燈亮時,請您熄滅香煙.
5. The firefighter put his life in danger to extinguish the forest fire.
消防員冒著生命危險撲滅森林大火.
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