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

• Of course, more attacks like this one may kill off any mooted talks.
  当然，更多像这样的袭击会扼杀无实际意义的谈话。
• When antibiotics are not used correctly, they fail to completely kill off the disease-causing bacteria in a patient.
  如果不能正确使用抗生物，它们就无法全部杀死引发病人疾病的细菌。
• A catastrophic event such as disease or drought, for example, can kill off a small population.
  疾病或干旱这样的灾害就可以消灭一个小种群。
• Their natural predators have been killed off
  它们的天敌被全部杀死。
• 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。
• These figures kill off any lingering hopes of an early economic recovery.
  这些数字彻底扼杀了人们对经济早日复苏所抱的一线希望。
• Antibiotics may kill off beneficial bacteria.
  抗生素可能会杀死大量有益细菌。
• 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。
• 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。