extinguish

音标[ik'stiŋgwiʃ] 读音

汉语翻译

vt. 熄灭, 使消亡, 压制, 使减色
【医】 消灭
【经】 偿清

词型变化:

名词:extinguishment 动词过去式:extinguished 过去分词:extinguished 现在分词:extinguishing 第三人称单数:extinguishes 形容词:extinguishable 

词意辨析:

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。

英语解释:

动词 extinguish:

  1. put an end to; kill
    同义词:snuff out
  2. put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
    同义词:snuff out, blow out, quench
  3. extinguish by crushing
    同义词:stub out, crush out, press out
  4. kill in large numbers
    同义词:eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off

例句:

  1. We have to extinguish the memory of the defeat.
    我们必须抹去对那次失败的记忆。
  2. Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.
    没有什么能使他丧失对人性的信心。
  3. Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.
    吸烟是禁止的,请你把烟熄掉。

详细解释:


ex.tin.guish

v.tr.(及物动词)
ex.tin.guished,ex.tin.guish.ing,ex.tin.guish.es
To put out (a fire, for example); quench.
熄灭(如火等);扑灭
To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy.See Synonyms at abolish
熄灭(如希望等);摧毁参见 abolish
To obscure; eclipse.
使黯然失色;使相形见绌
Law
【法律】
To settle or discharge (a debt).
偿清(债务)
To nullify:
取消:
例句:
extinguished their title to the property.
取消他的俸禄

Psychology To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).
【心理学】 反应消失:产生(对条件反应的)消失

来源:
Latin exstinguere
拉丁语 exstinguere
ex- [intensive pref.] * see ex-
ex- [加强语意的前缀] *参见 ex-
stinguere [to quench] * see steig-
stinguere [扑灭] *参见 steig-

【引伸】
extin.guishable
adj.(形容词)
extin.guishment
n.(名词)

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