一、详细释义：


v.

使熄灭，扑灭 [T]


例句：

It took us hours to extinguish the fires.

我们用了好几个小时才把火扑灭。


例句：

Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.

吸烟是禁止的，请你把烟熄掉。


使破灭；使消失 [T]


例句：

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

高考的失败使他对未来的信念破灭。


例句：

Nothing can extinguish his faith in human nature.

什么都不能破坏他对人类本性的信仰。


二、词义辨析：


destroy,exterminate,extinguish

这3个动词均有“消灭”之意。 destroy指通过杀戮或终止某人某物的机能，使之无用或毁灭。 exterminate指大量地、成批地杀害、消灭。 extinguish原义指灭火，转义后暗示生命、希望等像火一样地消灭、熄灭。


三、参考例句：


Please extinguish your cigarettes.

请将你们的香烟熄灭｡


Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarettes.

吸烟是禁止的，请你把烟熄掉。


Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

完全的理解有时几乎会消灭乐趣。


Smoking is forbidden. Please extinguish your cigarette.

这里禁止吸烟，请把您的烟熄灭。


Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.

消防队员奋力救火。


Don't let others extinguish your flame.

不要让其他人熄灭了你的火焰。


They tried to extinguish the flames.

他们尽力把火扑灭。


It took us hours to extinguish the fires.

我们用了好几个小时才把火扑灭。


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

房间内禁止吸烟。请熄灭香烟。


Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.

没有什么能使他丧失对人性的信心。