extinguish
熄灭
常用释义
英音[ ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ ]
美音[ ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ ]
变形
第三人称单数:
extinguishes
现在分词:
extinguishing
过去式:
extinguished
过去分词:
extinguished
基本释义
- v. 熄灭；消灭，使破灭；<法律>取消（权利，义务），使无效；偿清；压制
考试频率
六级
考频：近五年出现2次
- v. 使(想法/感情)破灭
- v. 扑灭
例句
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1·The firemen did their best to extinguish the fire.消防队员竭尽全力灭火。
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2·Apart from the fire, the water used to extinguish it also caused a lot of damage to Notre Dame Cathedral.除了大火，用于灭火的水也对巴黎圣母院造成了很大的破坏。
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3·However many generations succeed us in coming centuries, none of them will ever see this species that we extinguish.在未来的几个世纪里，无论我们传承了多少代人，他们都不会再看到被我们灭绝掉的物种。
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4·If good people do nothing there is a real possibility that an uninformed citizenry will extinguish the precious embers of medical progress.如果好人什么都不做，一群无知的公民就有可能扑灭医学进步的宝贵火种。
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5·Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.消防队员奋力救火。来源: 《牛津词典》
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6·It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire.扑灭那场大火花了约五十分钟。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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7·Please extinguish your cigarettes.请将香烟熄灭。
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8·They tried to extinguish the flames.他们竭力要把火焰扑灭。
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9·It took us hours to extinguish the fires.我们用了好几个小时才把火扑灭。
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10·Make sure to extinguish the flame before eating.务必扑灭火星再吃！
同根词
词根：
extinct
词语辨析
extinguish/douse/quench.导航词义：熄灭
extinguish:v. 熄灭，扑灭.指熄灭火、香烟、灯光等。
Please extinguish the cigarette.
请熄灭香烟。
The firemen tried hard to extinguish the fire.
消防队员竭尽全力扑灭大火。
Faint smoke came from the extinguished candle.
熄灭的蜡烛冒出缕缕轻烟。
douse:v. 浇灭，熄灭.指用水等把火泼灭。
Rain poured down and doused the fire.
大雨倾盆，浇灭了大火。
Tom doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.
汤姆用灭火器把火焰扑灭。
quench:v. 熄灭.指用水或其他方法灭火，含抑制之意。
Water will quench a fire.
水可以灭火。
The fire was quenched with a bucket of water.
火被一桶水浇灭了。