extinguished
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例句
英语六级真题
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.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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VERB
熄灭;扑灭
If you extinguish a fire or a light, you stop it burning or shining.
例句
It took about 50 minutes to extinguish the fire...
大约花了50分钟才把火扑灭。
The lights are extinguished as soon as the news conference is over.
新闻发布会一结束,灯光就熄灭了。
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VERB
消除;使破灭
If something extinguishes a feeling or idea, it destroys it.
例句
The message extinguished her hopes of Richard's return.
那条消息使她对理查德归来的希望彻底破灭。
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