Extinguish
[ ɪk'stɪŋɡwɪʃ ]
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vt. 熄灭（火）;使（希望、爱情等）不复存在;偿清;
💡 词根助记
ex外+tingu=sting刺+ish动词后缀→把刺拿出去→刺引申为火焰→灭火
📝 例句
This is a new method of extinguishing forest fires.
这是一种扑灭森林之火的新方法。
extinguish a fire
灭火
and extinguish all smoking materials.
熄灭香烟。
Please extinguish your cigarettes.
请将香烟熄灭.
The storm extinguished their last hope for rescue.
风暴使他们最后的获救希望破灭了。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ extinguish-使熄灭、扑灭,distinguish-区别:熄灭和扑灭的区别不大
※ ex-谐音“一休”,ting-拼音“听”,uish-fish鱼:一休听到了鱼类消亡的信息
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-point-表示“刺扎”
常见变体有-punct-、-pugn-
📖 牛津释义
extinguish
v[Tn]
1
(a) cause (sth) to stop burning; put out 使（某物）熄灭; 扑灭
Please extinguish your cigarettes. 请将香烟熄灭.
They tried to extinguish the flames. 他们竭力要把火焰扑灭.
(b) (fig fml 比喻, 文) end the existence of (hope, love, passion, etc) 使（希望、 爱情、 激情等）不复存在
His behaviour extinguished the last traces of affection she had for him. 他的这种行为使她对他的最後一丝爱慕之情荡然无存.
2 clear or pay off (a debt) 清偿（债务）.> extinguisher = fire extinguisher (fire).
🎯 考研助记
一刻死定归西（谐音）： 熄灭 distinct(a.明显不同的)-distinguish(v.区分 extinct(a.灭绝的)-extinguish(v.灭绝) 网友：yqy补充： 源自；distinguish区别：灭火时也要区分哪里是火，哪里没有着火，要对准火;(ex+stingu+ish→把刺拿出去→刺引申为火焰→灭火[sting,stinct,stimul=priek表示"刺,刺激"]
🔁 扩展释义
*[ik'stiŋgwiʃ]vt. 熄灭, 使消亡, 压制, 使减色【医】 消灭【经】 偿清
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I will take the money. Give me three times more than Antonio borrowed from me.
我愿意要钱。请给我加三倍还给我安东尼奥向我借的钱。
This is how they keep their way of life alive.
他们就是这样使自己的生活方式得以保持和延续。
Even before India won independence from its British rulers, it was clear that Gandhi was the key figure and leader in the struggle of 380 million Indians to govern themselves.
甚至在印度从英国统治下获得独立之前，在3。8亿印度人民争取自治的斗争中，甘地很显然是位关键人物与领袖。