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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. Tenzin snuffed out the candle.
     丹津掐灭了蜡烛。
• PHRASAL VERB 谋杀;干掉
  If someonesnuffs outsomeone else, they kill them.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• put an end to
  1. The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
  Synonym:extinguish
• put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
  1. Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
  2. quench the flames
  3. snuff out the candles
  Synonym:blow outextinguishquench

双语例句

• 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 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。
• I watched the first season with trepidation: at the time, I was living in Beijing and preparing to move to Washington, D.C. ( Are congressmen really lurking in parking garages waiting to snuff each other out?)
  我看第一季时提心吊胆：当时我正住在北京，并准备搬到华盛顿特区（难道国会议员真的潜伏在车库等待着消灭掉对方了吗？）
• My chopping was not up to snuff, and she took the cleaver out of my hand to show me again how to do it& not too rough and not too soft, rotating the meat.
  我剁肉剁得不好，她把刀从我手里拿过来，又教了我一遍&用力要均匀适中，要转着方向剁。
• Greedy heir wait for the old man to snuff out
  贪心的继承人等待著老头断气
• Tenzin snuffed out the candle.
  丹津掐灭了蜡烛。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The empress dowager gave orders to snuff out the crown prince.
  皇太后传旨杀掉皇太子。