今天我們要學的詞是 extinguish.
extinguish 的意思是撲滅(大火),消滅。
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. 有關當局星期二表示,澳大利亞東部的強降雨在周末之前可能會撲滅新南威爾士州所有仍在燃燒的叢林大火。
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. 根據馬薩諸塞大學最近的一項民調,64%的民主黨選民寧愿看到“巨大的流星撞擊地球,讓人類絕跡”,也不愿看到特朗普再次當選總統(tǒng)。