Miners will extinguish the flames before they leave to prevent any loss of sulfur .
矿工们在离开前要熄灭火焰以免损失硫磺。
If the private sector will not spend , the government can do it instead , borrowing to cut taxes , send cheques to households , build infrastructure or even extinguish underwater mortgages .
如果私有部分不能消费,政府可以代之借助减税、增加个人收入、基础设施建设,甚至偿清呆坏账。
Eventually , the technology could be used to create escape routes or extinguish fires without damaging sensitive equipment nearby .
最终这项技术可以用来开辟逃生路线,或不损坏敏感设备的情况下扑灭其附近的火焰。
A firefighter tries to extinguish a burning olive tree during a wildfire in the village of dombrena , greece .
put out, as of fires, flames, or lights同义词:snuff out, blow out, quench
extinguish by crushing同义词:stub out, crush out, press out
kill in large numbers同义词:eliminate, annihilate, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off
例句
We have to extinguish the memory of the defeat.我们必须抹去对那次失败的记忆。
Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.没有什么能使他丧失对人性的信心。
Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.吸烟是禁止的,请你把烟熄掉。
详细解释
ex.tin.guish v.tr.(及物动词)ex.tin.guished,ex.tin.guish.ing,ex.tin.guish.es To put out (a fire, for example); quench.熄灭(如火等);扑灭To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy.See Synonyms at abolish 熄灭(如希望等);摧毁参见 abolishTo obscure; eclipse.使黯然失色;使相形见绌Law【法律】 To settle or discharge (a debt).偿清(债务)To nullify:取消:例句:extinguished their title to the property.取消他的俸禄 Psychology To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).【心理学】 反应消失:产生(对条件反应的)消失 来源:Latin exstinguere 拉丁语 exstinguereex- [intensive pref.] * see ex-ex- [加强语意的前缀] *参见 ex-stinguere [to quench] * see steig- stinguere [扑灭] *参见 steig- 【引伸】 extin.guishable adj.(形容词)extin.guishment n.(名词)