kill something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v a) KILLto cause the death of a lot of living things 使〔生物〕大量死亡；使灭绝 SYN destroy Pollution is rapidly killing off plant life. 污染导致大量植物迅速死亡。
b) to stop or remove something completely 使〔某事〕彻底停止；根除〔某物〕 SYN destroy These figures kill off any hope that the economy is poised for recovery. 这些数据彻底粉碎了经济复苏的希望。
kill off• A goal here would have killed Blackburn off.• In order to protect her, my grandmother killed her daughter off.• Most of his comrades had been killed or bought off.• So am I sorry that David Owen has killed it off?• Swindon knew they needed another to kill Oxford off.• The Avalanche had a five-minute power play but the Bruins did a fine job killing it off, allowing just three shots.• With amateurs there's no point in paying, they're likely to kill the victim off anyway, out of fear.• Stupid kids get killed falling off the Palisades trying to sneak into the park through a hole in the Cyclone fence.
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