extinguish经典引文

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

1. He extinguished his opponents with a single word.
   他一句话便使对手哑口无言。
2. You may extinguish a nation, but not the love of liberty.
   你能灭亡一个国家,但却不能消灭人们对自由的热爱。
3. Firemen extinguished the blaze quickly.
   消防队员很快把火扑灭。
4. Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.
   没什么能使他丧失对人性的信念。
5. His discovery extinguished the achievements of his colleague.
   他的发现使他的同事的成就黯然失色。
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6. Hope for his safe arrival was slowly extinguished.
   对他平安到达的希望慢慢地破灭了。
7. His life was finally extinguished by the onset of pneumonia.
   他的生命之火终于因肺炎的侵袭而熄灭了。

• 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.

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。