extinguish

单词辨析:

extinguish douse quench 【导航词义:熄灭】
extinguish v. [正式]熄灭,扑灭
〔辨析〕

指熄灭火、香烟、灯光等。

〔例证〕

Please extinguish the cigarette.

请熄灭香烟。

The firemen tried hard to extinguish the fire.

消防队员竭尽全力扑灭大火。

Faint smoke came from the extinguished candle.

熄灭的蜡烛冒出缕缕轻烟。

douse (亦作dowse) v. 浇灭,熄灭
〔辨析〕

指用水等把火泼灭。

〔例证〕

Rain poured down and doused the fire.

大雨倾盆,浇灭了大火。

Tom doused the flames with a fire extinguisher.

汤姆用灭火器把火焰扑灭。

quench v. [正式]熄灭
〔辨析〕

指用水或其他方法灭火,含抑制之意。

〔例证〕

Water will quench a fire.

水可以灭火。

The fire was quenched with a bucket of water.

火被一桶水浇灭了。

相关例句:

Some people might argue that without ceremonies and rituals Buddhism can't extinguish suffering.

有些人也许会争论说:没有典礼和仪式,佛教就不能灭苦。

Once you allow that human life is subject to reason, you extinguish any possibility of life.

当你试图把人类的生活归结为逻辑的时候,你就将生命中所有的可能性都抹杀了。

To take actions, extinguish fire, save person around danger or wounded and also transfer critical property.

立即行动,救出处于危险中的人或伤员并转移重要财物。

It seemed to extinguish some sort of anxiety in her.

似乎是浇熄了她躁动不安的渴望。

Please, my Lord, extinguish the light.

请您,我主,熄灭灯。

A fireman tries to extinguish a burning bus after a gang attack in Rio de Janeiro.

一伙匪徒袭击了巴西里约热内卢市的一辆公共汽车后,消防员正试图给汽车灭火。