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To extinguish means to put out a fire or a flame completely, like using water or a fire extinguisher. It's a fairly formal word — in daily talk people often just say 'put out' a fire instead. Extinguish can also be used for feelings or ideas in a more literary way, meaning to completely end them — 'nothing could extinguish her hope' means nothing could kill her hope.
撲滅、熄滅；使消失
組成From Latin extinguere, ex- ('out, completely') + stinguere ('to quench, put out').
同家族的字
- extinctboth come from the same Latin root stinguere, meaning 'to put out or quench' — an extinct species has had its 'flame' put out forever
- distinguishshares the same Latin root stinguere, though the meaning has drifted far from 'putting out'
原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
extinguishverb/ɪkˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/
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To end (something).
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To end (something).
- A beauty that extinguishes all others by comparison
- The rays of the sun were extinguished by the thunder clouds.
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To end (something).
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To end (something).
- She extinguished all my hopes.
- They intended to extinguish the enemy by force of numbers
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human-sciencespsychologysciencesTo end (something).
- Many patients can extinguish their phobias after a few months of treatment.
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To end (something).
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lawTo end (something).
- 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
- If the amnesty becomes law as expected this month or in June, it promises to extinguish the charges Puigdemont faces of disobedience and misuse of public funds.
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To die out.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。