“熄灭”常见的英文表达有 extinguish、put out、go out(侧重自然熄灭) 等,具体使用取决于语境:
extinguish:较为正式,常用于描述扑灭火焰、熄灭灯火等行为,也可引申为“使(希望、情感等)破灭”。
例句:The firefighters extinguished the fire in the building.(消防员扑灭了大楼里的火。)
例句:The news extinguished all my hopes.(这个消息破灭了我所有的希望。)
put out:口语化表达,意思是“把……弄灭;扑灭” ,通常用于灭火、熄灭蜡烛等场景。
例句:Can you put out the candle, please?(你能把蜡烛熄灭吗?)
例句:It took the firefighters two hours to put out the fire.(消防员花了两个小时才把火扑灭。)
go out:常用于描述灯、火等自行熄灭,侧重于自然熄灭的状态,而非人为的扑灭动作。
例句:The lights in the room went out suddenly.(房间里的灯突然熄灭了。)
例句:The fire went out by itself.(火自己熄灭了。)