vt.熄灭；扑灭；消灭；使破灭；偿清
Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes. 吸烟是禁止的，请你把烟熄掉。
They tried to extinguish the flames. 他们竭力要把火焰扑灭。
The dictator wanted to extinguish all of his opposition in one go. 这位独裁者想一口气消灭所有对手。
Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature. 没有什么能使他丧失对人性的信心。
We have to extinguish the memory of the defeat. 我们必须抹去对那次失败的记忆。
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。
