学个词 Learn A Word 3521 extinguish

今天我们要学的词是 extinguish.

学个词 - extinguish

extinguish 的意思是扑灭（大火），消灭。 Torrential rain across Australia's east could extinguish all remaining bushfires in the New South Wales by the end of the week, authorities said on Tuesday. 有关当局星期二表示，澳大利亚东部的强降雨在周末之前可能会扑灭新南威尔士州所有仍在燃烧的丛林大火。

According to a recent poll from the University of Massachusetts, 64 percent of Democratic voters would rather see "a giant meteor strike the Earth, extinguishing all human life" than see President Trump re-elected. 根据马萨诸塞大学最近的一项民调，64％的民主党选民宁愿看到“巨大的流星撞击地球，让人类绝迹”，也不愿看到特朗普再次当选总统。