It's potential for good or evil, now and in the years of our lives, smothers exaltations and converts vanity to prayer.
在现在和我们过去的生活中，它都是一柄双刃剑，会使人越来越窒息、也会使人由空虚变得有信仰。
He smothered the baby with a pillow.
他用枕头把婴儿闷死了.
smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel.
用湿毛巾把锅里的火扑灭.
