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extinguish

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漢語翻譯


vt. 熄滅, 使消亡, 壓制, 使減色
【醫】 消滅
【經】 償清

詞型變化:

名詞:extinguishment 動詞過去式:extinguished 過去分詞:extinguished 現在分詞:extinguishing 第三人稱單數:extinguishes 形容詞:extinguishable 

詞意辨析:

destroy, exterminate, extinguish
這3個動詞均有“消滅”之意。
destroy: 指通過殺戮或終止某人某物的機能,使之無用或毀滅。
exterminate: 指大量地、成批地殺害、消滅。
extinguish: 原義指滅火,轉義後暗示生命希望等像滅火一樣地被消滅、熄滅。

英文解釋:

動詞 extinguish:

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

例句:

  1. We have to extinguish the memory of the defeat.
    我們必須抹去對那次失敗的記憶。
  2. Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.
    沒有什麼能使他喪失對人性的信心
  3. Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.
    吸菸是禁止的,請你把煙熄掉。

詳細解釋:


ex.tin.guish

v.tr.(及物動詞)
ex.tin.guished,ex.tin.guish.ing,ex.tin.guish.es
To put out (a fire, for example); quench.
熄滅(如火等);撲滅
To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy.See Synonyms at abolish
熄滅(如希望等);摧毀參見 abolish
To obscure; eclipse.
使黯然失色;使相形見絀
Law
【法律】
To settle or discharge (a debt).
償清(債務)
To nullify:
取消:
例句:
extinguished their title to the property.
取消他的俸祿

Psychology To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).
【心理學】 反應消失:產生(對條件反應的)消失

來源:
Latin exstinguere
拉丁語 exstinguere
ex- [intensive pref.] * see ex-
ex- [加強語意的前綴] *參見 ex-
stinguere [to quench] * see steig-
stinguere [撲滅] *參見 steig-

【引伸】
extin.guishable
adj.(形容詞)
extin.guishment
n.(名詞)

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