extinguished
- v. 熄灭，扑灭（extinguish 的过去式和过去分词）；消灭，使破灭，压制；（法律）取消（权利、义务），使无效；偿清（债务等）
- adj. 已熄灭的；已消亡的，绝迹的；（心理学）已消退的（条件反射）
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
extinguish /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/ CET4 TEM4 ( extinguishing, extinguished, extinguishes )
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V-T If you extinguish a fire or a light, you stop it from burning or shining. 使熄灭 [正式]
例：It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire.
扑灭那场大火花了约五十分钟。
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V-T If something extinguishes a feeling or idea, it destroys it. 使破灭; 消除
例：The message extinguished her hopes of Richard's return.
这消息使她对理查德返回的希望破灭了。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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All lights had been extinguished.
所有灯光都熄灭了。
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This exploitation has reached such extremes that presently it appears that some hundreds of thousands of species will be extinguished before the end of the century.
这种开发已经达到了如此极端的程度以至于，目前看来在本世纪末之前，将有数十万物种灭绝。
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This is because oil well fires are extinguished,or put out, at the wellhead just above ground.
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Having thus subdued her, he extinguished her life.
征服了她之后，他结束了她的性命。
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These conditions permitted a development of institutions and habits needed for freedom, even as they also made Europe vulnerable to conquests and to extinction, and Europe was almost extinguished practically before there was a Europe; very early in its history.
这些恰恰是自由的形成和发展,需要的的制度和特征,尽管这也使欧洲,在外敌入侵时变的不堪一击,实际上,在它早期的历史中,欧洲在尚未形成前就差点消失
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