- 词义辨析
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。
- 速记技巧
词源词根法
词源同extinct,灭绝的。来源于拉丁语复合动词extinguere(扑灭)=ex-出+-stingu-(s略)扑灭+-ish动词词尾
- 近义词
- 反义词
- annihilatevt.歼灭,毁灭;使消失;彻底击败,战胜;使无效,使废弃;
- blow out吹熄;爆裂;吹出;停吹;
- carry off完成;抢走;成功地对付;赢得;
- crushvt.压破,压碎;镇压;弄皱;挤榨,榨出;
- crush out扑灭,熄灭;
- dampadj.潮湿的;
- decimatevt.十中抽一;大批杀害;
- destroyv.毁坏;毁掉某人;杀死;
- do away with废除, 消灭, 去掉;涤除;搞掉;
- dousevt.浇水在…上;熄灯;
- eclipsen.[天](日、月)食;消失,黯然失色;漆黑;
- eliminatevt.排除,消除;淘汰;除掉;<口>干掉;
- endn. <正>结果;端;终止;最后部分;
- eradicatevt.摧毁;根除;
- exterminatevt.消灭;根除;
- get rid of摆脱,除去;
- obscureadj.模糊的;无名的;鲜为人知的;费解的;难以理解的
- outadv. 出局;在外,在外部;完全,彻底;出版;
- outshinevt.比…更出色,更优异;
- overshadowvt.使失色;使阴暗;夺去…的光辉;遮阴;
- press out把…挤[熨]平;
- putvt. 放;表达;给予(重视、信任、价值等);使处于(某种状态);
- put out生产;伸出;出版;扑灭;
- quellvt.压制,镇压;减轻;消除;使镇定;
- quenchvt.解(渴);终止(某事物);(用水)扑灭(火焰等);将(热物体)放入水中急速冷却;
- show up显而易见;到场;(使)看得见;羞辱;
- smotherv.(使)窒息,(使)透不过气;遮掩;抑制;
- snuffvt.剪(烛)花;扑灭,熄灭(烛光);消灭,扼杀;嗅;
- snuff outv.扼杀,消灭,死掉;杀;消灭( 某人);熄灭(火焰);突然结束;
- stub outv.踩熄;把(香烟等)弄灭;
- suppressvt.镇压,压制;止住,忍住;禁止发表;阻止…的生长(或发展);
- surpassvt.超过;优于;胜过;非…所能办到;
- take awayv.拿走;带走,抓走(送去监狱、医院等);夺走;从……中减去,从……中扣除
- terminatevt.& vi.结束;使终结;解雇;到达终点站;
- wipe out彻底摧毁,消灭;
- 知识拓展
词语用法
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。extinguish是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
同根单词
silence go out
- 双语例句 更多例句
This prodigal mood does not extinguish her growing sense of the need for economy.
这种挥金如土的心情并未能完全消除她应该节省的感觉.
网络文摘精选
Once you allow that human life is subject to reason, you extinguish any possibility of life.
当你试图把人类的生活归结为逻辑的时候, 你就将生命中所有的可能性都抹杀了.
网络文摘精选
After very long time they turn the ashes entirely, looks that they burn burn extinguish cry.
在很久之后它们通通变成灰烬, 看着它们燃烧焚灭而落泪.
网络文摘精选
The two men swapped places, always extinguishing the light when they changed over.
那两名男子几次互调位置,并且每次交换时都会先灭了灯。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
Third officer should weigh CO 2 extinguish and fill it in at regular time.
三副应定期对CO2灭火器称重并填装.
网络文摘精选
Many Grunts ignited, tumbled down the stairs, and desperately rolled to extinguish themselves.
许多咕噜人被点燃, 翻滚下楼梯, 绝望地滚动着想压灭火焰.
网络文摘精选
Please extinguish your cigarette when the ` no smoking'signs lights up.
当"禁止吸烟 " 的指示灯亮时,请您熄灭香烟.
英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语
When love used up, everything along with it ash the smoke to extinguish. Had Not scar.
当爱情用完了, 一切也会随之灰飞烟灭,半点不留痕.
网络文摘精选
We must try to extinguish the memory of what has happened, and look to the future.
我们必须抹去对过去的事情的记忆, 向前看.
网络文摘精选
Their behaviors are merely squeezing other creatures'living space to extinguish other species.
人类的行为不过充其量挤占其他生物的生存空间.
网络文摘精选
It contains a fireproof lining to extinguish cigarettes and lock in odour.
它还含有耐火内衬,以熄灭香烟,并锁定气味.
网络文摘精选
Yesterday chief executive Peter Kenyon did his best to extinguish the inferno.
然而昨天首席执行官肯扬使尽全身解数来定纷止争.
网络文摘精选
Burnout as a black ash, red like struggling refused to extinguish the fire.
黑色像燃尽了的灰, 红色像挣扎着不肯熄灭的火.
网络文摘精选
The new flame can extinguish old flame, big pain can make minor suffering ease off.
新的火焰可以把旧的火焰扑灭, 大的苦痛可以使小的苦痛减轻.
网络文摘精选
分数, 小数及百分数:回答正确的答案, 帮助熄灭火烧.
互联网摘选
Article 40 Water rights extinguish upon the expiration of the approved duration.
第40条(水权之消灭与展限登记)水权于核准年限届满时消灭.
网络文摘精选
后一句“正本清源在呀在水井, 井水快消毒灭祸根”是对前一句的反复,而最末三字“灭祸根”则是重复.
网络文摘精选
The surroundings helped extinguish any idealistic fervour that might have existed.
会议的气氛也彻底浇灭了任何可能存在过的理想主义热情.
网络文摘精选
- 今日热词
- 热门搜索
- asdfghjkl 爱上对方过后就哭了。
- away adv.离开,远离;在远处;消失;adj.不在的;遥远的;客场比赛;
- matlab n. 工具箱;工程计算;一种用于数学计算的程序,特别是线性代数的计算;
- wake me up 叫醒我;
- grandma n.奶奶,外婆;
- medium adj.中等的;中间的;不深不浅的;n.方式;媒介;巫师;材料;介质;
- haircut n.理发;发型;发式;
- Bank of China n.中国银行;中行
- India n.印度(亚洲);
- venti 超大杯;法国梵迪珠宝;
- skillful adj.灵巧的;制作精良的;
- anniversary n.周年纪念日;adj.周年的;周年纪念的;年年的;每年的;

