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

• I had expected the recession to kill off the global epidemic of Waffle Flu.
  我本来预计经济衰退会消灭这种全球流行的废话流感（WaffleFlu）。
• Antibiotics may kill off beneficial bacteria.
  抗生素可能会杀死大量有益细菌。
• I was concerned that the scouts would simply kill off all of the Germans; I commanded to cease fire and we rushed into hand-to-hand combat.
  我担心侦察兵会将所有的敌人都杀死，于是我命令停止射击然后冲向敌人展开徒手格斗。
• The second generation polymer microbicides, tried to kill off or block the HIV from entering cells.
  第二代聚合物杀微生物剂试图杀死或者阻止艾滋病病毒进入细胞。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A case could be made out that it's more human to kill off these wild kangaroos.
  人们可以提出理由，即杀光这些野袋鼠更为人道。