extinguish [ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ]

例句:

• Nothing could extinguish his faith in human nature.
  没什么能使他丧失对人性的信念。
  来自《权威词典》
• Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.
  消防队员奋力救火。
  
• You may extinguish a nation, but not the love of liberty.
  你可以消灭一个国家, 但不能消灭对自由的热爱.
  
• It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire.
  大约花了50分钟才把火扑灭。
  
• Nothing could wholly extinguish the flame of genius.
  来自fig.
• It is expected to take weeks to extinguish.
  来自THETIMES
• If you are angry, the cool depths extinguish unhelpful fires.
  来自THETIMES
• His discovery extinguished the achievements of his colleague.
  他的发现使他的同事的成就黯然失色。
  来自《权威词典》