今天我們要學(xué)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(guān)當(dāng)局星期二表示，澳大利亞?wèn)|部的強(qiáng)降雨在周末之前可能會(huì)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(jù)馬薩諸塞大學(xué)最近的一項(xiàng)民調(diào)，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(dāng)選總統(tǒng)。