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

• 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？）
• 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。
• 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。
• It was the government's most brutal attempt to snuff out the rebellion.
  这是政府力图扑灭叛乱的最残忍的一次尝试。
• Greedy heirs waited for the old man to snuff out.
  贪心的继承人只待着老头断气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tenzin snuffed out the candle.
  丹津掐灭了蜡烛。
• Of course, what makes the scandal a huge deal for Alibaba and why the company has gone to extraordinary lengths to snuff it out is the apparent involvement of insiders on the sales staff in perpetrating the fraud.
  当然，此次丑闻成为阿里巴巴的重大事件以及该公司如此不遗余力将其消灭于萌芽状态的的原因，正在于其销售队伍的内部人员显然共同参与了欺诈。