专四考试常见词辨析:“消灭”

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专四考试常见词辨析:“消灭”

  destroy, exterminate, extinguish

  这3个动词均有消灭之意。

  destroy :使某人或某物无用或毁灭。

  Destroy after reading.(阅毕销毁。)

  exterminate : 指大量地、成批地杀害、消灭。

  Some people exterminate garden insects by spraying poison on the plants.(有些人在植物上喷撒毒剂以杀死花园内的昆虫。)

  extinguish : 原义指灭火,转义后暗示生命、希望等像火一样地消灭、熄灭。

  His discovery extinguished the achievements of his colleague.(他的发现使他同事的成就黯然失色。)