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

• When we consciously or unconsciously make that decision, we snuff out that little voice in our head.
  当我们有意或无意做出这样的决定时，我们就扼杀了心底那个微弱的声音。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Just the idea of having a better camera than other people is enough to snuff out boring thoughts about usability.
  单单想到自己有个比别人好的照相机就足以让自己忘却了照相机到底好在哪里。
• 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。