snuff out
英 [snʌf aʊt]
美 [snʌf aʊt]
消灭,消除(分歧等); (用手)掐灭; (用物件)弄熄
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 消灭,消除(分歧等)
Tosnuff outsomething such as a disagreement means to stop it, usually in a forceful or sudden way.- Every time a new flicker of resistance appeared, the government snuffed it out...
一旦有抵抗的苗头出现时,政府总是迅速地加以消灭。 - The recent rebound in mortgage rates could snuff out the housing recovery.
抵押贷款利率最近的回升可能会扼杀房地产的复苏。
- Every time a new flicker of resistance appeared, the government snuffed it out...
- PHRASAL VERB (用手)掐灭;(用物件)弄熄
If yousnuff outa small flame, you stop it burning, usually by using your fingers or by covering it with something for a few seconds.- Tenzin snuffed out the candle.
丹津掐灭了蜡烛。
- Tenzin snuffed out the candle.
- PHRASAL VERB 谋杀;干掉
If someonesnuffs outsomeone else, they kill them.- A bullet meant for Riley snuffs out a passing gangster...
一枚原本射向赖利的子弹意外击毙了一个路过的暴徒。 - You've got the power. You can do anything you want. You can snuff him out or not.
你已经大权在握,可以为所欲为了。你可以灭了他,也可以不这么做。
- A bullet meant for Riley snuffs out a passing gangster...
英英释义
verb
- put an end to
- The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
- quench the flames
- snuff out the candles
双语例句
- The empress dowager gave orders to snuff out the crown prince.
皇太后传旨杀掉皇太子。 - You've got the power. You can do anything you want. You can snuff him out or not.
你已经大权在握,可以为所欲为了。你可以灭了他,也可以不这么做。 - Tenzin snuffed out the candle.
丹津掐灭了蜡烛。 - Section of the orchestra. The three musicians stop playing, snuff out candles by their music stands.
(部分交响乐队。三位乐手停止演奏,熄灭乐谱架旁的蜡烛。) - A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
压伤的芦苇他不折断将残的灯火他不吹灭。 - The heirs and heiresses were sitting in the living room, waiting for the oil magnate to snuff out.
男女继承人坐在客厅时,等待这位煤油大王咽气。 - We cannot allow violence to snuff out the aspirations of young women in America, and we must not accept it anywhere in the world.
我们绝不允许暴力行径扼杀美国年轻女性的理想抱负,也绝不容忍这种事情在全世界任何地方发生。 - The key to deal with the problem is preventing the catabolism in net speech availably, but we cannot snuff out the creativity and vitality of it.
但如何进行规制,确保既不扼杀网络言论创造性和活力,又有效防止网络言论异化是要解决问题的关键。 - Supporters argue e-cigarettes can wean more than 40 million Americans from smoking and restricting them could snuff out a historic opportunity.
电子烟的支持者认为,电子烟能让超过4000万美国人戒掉传统香烟,禁止使用电子烟可能会扼杀一个难得的历史机遇。 - But in this world there will be dream stealers, dream snatchers and dream killers that will squash your dream, extinguish and snuff it out of existence.
但在这个世界上还有偷梦者、夺梦者、杀梦者来捣碎你的梦想,扑灭并扼杀你的梦想,让它不复存在。