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。
• And, as European countries embrace austerity budgets – cutting public spending sharply and raising taxes to reduce heavy public borrowing – there is the added risk that too much fiscal retrenchment could snuff out the tentative economic recovery.
  欧洲国家开始收紧预算（大幅削减公共开支和增加税收，以减少巨额公共借贷），也带来了额外的风险：过度的财政紧缩可能会扼杀暂时的经济复苏。
• 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。
• Greedy heir wait for the old man to snuff out
  贪心的继承人等待著老头断气
• 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。
• 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。
• Greedy heirs waited for the old man to snuff out.
  贪心的继承人只待着老头断气。
• 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。
• 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。）
• 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。