kill off

英 [kɪl ɒf]

美 [kɪl ɔːf]

毁灭; 破坏; 扼杀; 使停止; 被全部杀死; 被灭绝

柯林斯词典

• → see:kill 3
• PHRASAL VERB 被全部杀死；被灭绝
  If you say that a group or an amount of somethinghas been killed off, you mean that all of them or all of it have been killed or destroyed.
  1. Their natural predators have been killed off...
     它们的天敌被全部杀死。
  2. It is an effective treatment for the bacteria and does kill it off...
     这是杀菌的特效药，能将其全部消灭。
  3. All blood products are now heat treated to kill off any infection.
     目前所有血液制品均经过热处理，以防止各种感染。

英英释义

verb

• kill en masse
  1. Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe
  Synonym:exterminate

双语例句

• Yet once conspiracy theories have caught hold, they are hard to kill off.
  这些胡言乱语也许不过是暂时的消遣。然而，一旦阴谋论盛行，就很难消除。
• He will find it just as hard as his predecessors to kill off programmes with powerful congressional backers.
  但最终他会发现，和之前的任何总统一样，他很难封杀那些有强大国会背景的项目。
• Once you kill off confidence, it takes a long time to rebuild that confidence.
  一旦你摧毁了信心，你就要用很长的时间重建信心。
• Their natural predators have been killed off
  它们的天敌被全部杀死。
• Antibiotics may kill off beneficial bacteria.
  抗生素可能会杀死大量有益细菌。
• To boost productivity at home, Japan needs to kill off some of its old, unprofitable companies.
  要提高国内生产力，日本需关闭一些衰老、不再盈利的企业。
• I hope to finally kill off the meme that Ruby is always slow.
  我希望能够最终去除Ruby通常很慢的这个毒瘤。
• Hitler's original plan was to kill off all the German jews.
  希特勒的最初打算是杀光德国所有的犹太人。
• Kill off the Goddamned cowards and we will have a nation of brave men.
  干掉那些遭天谴的懦夫我们就会有一个国家的勇者。
• That is a lucrative market, so why not kill off some corrupt official for all the body parts!
  既然是一个有利可图的市场，为什么不把腐败官员杀掉获取他们身上的器官呢？