extinguishest
[?k'st??gw??; ek-]
vt.
熄滅(燈等),滅(火),撲滅(火等):
to extinguish a candle
熄滅蠟燭
to extinguish a fire (or blaze)
滅火
使(希望等)破滅;使(生命等)消亡:
to extinguish hope
使希望破滅
Her life was finally extinguished by the onset of liver complaint.
她的生命之火終因肝病發作而被掐滅了。
毀滅,消滅,滅絕:
to extinguish all crimes
消滅一切犯罪行為
壓制,壓抑;迫使…沉默:
She extinguished him with a single word.
她一句話就說得他啞口無言。
使減色,使失色,使黯淡,使黯然失色,使相形見絀:
She seems extinguished by her younger sister in computery.
在計算機的操作方面她妹妹似乎使她相形見絀。
【法律】
使無效,使失效;取消,廢除(要求、權利等):
to extinguish a claim and right
使要求和權利無效
償清 (債務等):
He has extinguished the debt.
他償清了那筆債。