snuffing

Mr Gates did not propose snuffing out bright sparks in business, or switching them for executives with the more modish "EQ" of emotional intelligence.

盖茨没有建议把那些商业上的聪明人排除在外，或用高情商（这个词现在更为时髦）的主管来替换他们。

Ooh, it gets me hot when you talk about snuffing out lives.

噢，你谈到开杀戒真让我兴奋。

The biggest issue in this campaign is getting the public finances under control without snuffing out economic recovery.

这次竞选最大的问题是控制好公共财政，同时不扼杀经济的复苏。

The dogs were snuffing gently at my feet.

几只狗轻轻地嗅着我的脚。

But it cannot be done without rekindling a solidarity Europe is close to snuffing out.

但如果不能重建欧洲几乎已经扼杀的团结，就做不到这一点。

A small metal cone or cup on a long handle, used for snuffing out candles; a snuffer. But Aleck went down and put it out.

蜡烛熄灭器一长杆上的一小金属锥状物或杯状物，用于熄灭蜡烛；蜡烛熄灭器可艾莱柯还是下床去把蜡烛熄了。

Natural forest coverage, in turn, has fallen to less than 50 percent in 2003 from nearly 70 percent in the late 1970s, snuffing out wildlife in a corner of China renowned as one of its most biologically diverse.

在70年代晚期，云南仍保有将近70%的原始森林，而到了2003年，原始森林的覆盖率跌落至不及50%的水平。这里是全中国生物多样性最丰富的地区之一，如今野生动物日渐稀少。

The cold winter night had fallen, snuffing out the brief twilight.

寒冷的冬夜已经降临, 把黄昏时短暂的暮色也给吞没了.

But no longer snuffing in the trail of the wild beasts of the woodland, Tashtego now hunted in the wake of the great whales of the sea;

但是，塔斯蒂哥现在已不再想探索山林里的野兽的踪迹，而来到海上紧追大鲸了；

They move from a reactive response to outbreaks at borders and points of entry, to a proactive response aimed at snuffing out a threat at source, before it has a chance to spread internationally.

《条例》从被动地应对边境和入境口岸的疾病暴发转向积极主动地作出反应，目的是在出现国际传播机会之前，从根源上消除威胁。