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扑灭

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HSK 6

Meaning

  • to eradicate
  • to extinguish

Definition

用扑打、喷洒等方法使火熄灭；比喻消灭、消除。

to put out (a fire); to extinguish; to stamp out (a fire, rumor, etc.)

Usage

常用于描述扑灭火灾、熄灭火焰，或比喻消灭有害事物如谣言、害虫、不良现象等。

Commonly used to describe extinguishing a fire or metaphorically to eliminate harmful things such as rumors, pests, or undesirable phenomena.

Examples

  • 1 消防员迅速扑灭了大火。 (The firefighters quickly put out the big fire.)
  • 2 经过努力，他们终于扑灭了森林火灾。 (After efforts, they finally extinguished the forest fire.)
  • 3 政府正在扑灭毒品问题。 (The government is stamping out the drug problem.)
  • 4 谣言很快被扑灭了。 (The rumor was quickly stamped out.)
  • 5 他们用杀虫剂扑灭了害虫。 (They used insecticide to eliminate the pests.)

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