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

• He will find it just as hard as his predecessors to kill off programmes with powerful congressional backers.
  但最终他会发现，和之前的任何总统一样，他很难封杀那些有强大国会背景的项目。
• 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。
• Nora: He's just a complication you eventually kill off.
  他不过是最后被你终结的一个纠葛。
• Antibiotics not only kill off the bugs that make your kitty sick, but also the beneficial bacteria his system needs to function.
  抗生素不仅杀死的错误，让你的猫咪生病，而且他的系统需要功能的有益细菌。
• Their natural predators have been killed off
  它们的天敌被全部杀死。
• 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。
• That is a lucrative market, so why not kill off some corrupt official for all the body parts!
  既然是一个有利可图的市场，为什么不把腐败官员杀掉获取他们身上的器官呢？
• 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。
• 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）。
• 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。