extinguish 的定义
- to put out; put out the flame of: to extinguish a candle.
- to put an end to or bring to an end; wipe out of existence; annihilate: to extinguish hope.
- to obscure or eclipse, as by superior brilliance.
- Law. to discharge, as by payment.
extinguish 近义词
put out a fire
kill; quash
更多extinguish例句
- In 2005, in a speech condemning the Republican majority’s threat to extinguish the filibuster against judicial nominees, then-Sen.
- Before it’s time for bed, show your campers how to properly extinguish the fire, and have them perform the work themselves.
- That last fire wasn’t a big one, causing just $50,000 in damage, and fire crews were able to extinguish it in just 24 minutes.
- That’s the way to make sure it’s truly extinguished—with work not from the sky, but on the dirty ground.
- The numbers of deaths and years of life extinguished due to excessive drinking have gone up since the last report.
- These habits are likely to be hard to extinguish entirely.
- Yes, “The Girl on Fire” can apparently extinguish them, too.
- I like the taste of it as well once you extinguish the flame.
- They remembered that the escaped owner had only recently tried to extinguish their capital with blood.
- Amid the sound of screaming and the smell of burning, he tried to extinguish the fire with prayer mats.
- Anger and humiliation extinguish my momentary impulse to rush to her assistance.
- He discovers that no amount of austerities will extinguish desire, or produce ecstatic contemplation.
- But Government with 15,000 Regulars in town, and every Gentleman (but one) on their side, must extinguish the flame.
- These poor wretches fought for the last flicker of the lamp, which the bears wanted to extinguish altogether.
- Vigilant priests were always ready to extinguish systems which could not be made to tally with their interests.