汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 浇灭
浇灭 (澆滅)
extinguish / damp down
() jiāo () miè
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

任何人都没有权利浇灭你的梦想!

No one has the right to dampen your dreams!

一阵大雨把孩子们的营火都浇灭了。

A downpour of rain put out the children's bonfire.

抽水机启动了,船员们开始用水将火浇灭

The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water.

沙特尔斯沃思不断组织这种具有先见之明的斗争,从未停歇。他点燃的熊熊大火没有什么水龙带或长柄斧可以浇灭,如同他现在所做的一样,将圣奥古斯丁的白人种族主义者推进大海深处。

He never stopped organising the prophetic struggle, stoking the fire that no hoses or axes could put out, just as he was doing now, pushing the white racists of st Augustine farther into the sea.

说到这里,苏代讲了一个故事:从前有一个人,他的房子起火了,别人劝他快用水去浇灭大火,但他不听,偏抱起一捆柴草去救火,是因为他不懂得柴草不但不能灭火反而能助长火势的道理。

there was a man whose house was on fire. People told him to put out the fire with water, but he would not listen.