一、詳細(xì)釋義：

v.

使熄滅，撲滅 [T]

例句：

It took us hours to extinguish the fires.

我們用了好幾個(gè)小時(shí)才把火撲滅。

例句：

Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.

吸煙是禁止的，請(qǐng)你把煙熄掉。

使破滅；使消失 [T]

例句：

The failure on the college entrance examination extinguish his faith in future.

高考的失敗使他對(duì)未來(lái)的信念破滅。

例句：

Nothing can extinguish his faith in human nature.

什么都不能破壞他對(duì)人類本性的信仰。

二、詞義辨析：

destroy,exterminate,extinguish

這3個(gè)動(dòng)詞均有“消滅”之意。 destroy指通過(guò)殺戮或終止某人某物的機(jī)能，使之無(wú)用或毀滅。 exterminate指大量地、成批地殺害、消滅。 extinguish原義指滅火，轉(zhuǎn)義后暗示生命、希望等像火一樣地消滅、熄滅。

三、參考例句：

Please extinguish your cigarettes.

請(qǐng)將你們的香煙熄滅?

Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.

吸煙是禁止的，請(qǐng)你把煙熄掉。

Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

完全的理解有時(shí)幾乎會(huì)消滅樂(lè)趣。

Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarette.

這里禁止吸煙，請(qǐng)把您的煙熄滅。

Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.

消防隊(duì)員奮力救火。

Don't let others extinguish your flame.

不要讓其他人熄滅了你的火焰。

They tried to extinguish the flames.

他們盡力把火撲滅。

It took us hours to extinguish the fires.

我們用了好幾個(gè)小時(shí)才把火撲滅。

Smoking is forbidden in this room. Please extinguish your cigarettes.

房間內(nèi)禁止吸煙。請(qǐng)熄滅香煙。

Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.

沒(méi)有什么能使他喪失對(duì)人性的信心。