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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• New technologies like predictive analytics could kill off more of these jobs.
  新型技术，如预示分析，可以秒掉更多的此类工作。
• Antibiotics may kill off beneficial bacteria.
  抗生素可能会杀死大量有益细菌。
• 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。
• So the changing climate may have combine with meteor impact to kill off the dinosaurs.
  因此，气候变化和流星撞击地球可能是恐龙灭绝的元凶。
• In Brazil, cattle ranchers used to nearly kill off the jaguar because it would kill their cows.
  在巴西，牧场主人以前几乎把美洲豹都杀光了，因为它们会杀害牛群。
• 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。
• 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。