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

• This is a standard monopolistic tactic used to enter a new market-drive the price down ( in this case to$ 0) and kill off the competition.
  这是一个标准的垄断手段进入了一个新的市场-驱动器的价格下降（在这种情况下，以$0）和杀死的竞争。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• LinZhi: So we're busy killing off the planet, but we're also content to kill off ourselves too.
  林芝：我们每天忙忙碌碌的进行着对地球的“谋杀”行动，但是，我们也在毁灭人类自己。
• 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。