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

• 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。
• 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？
• Their natural predators have been killed off
  它们的天敌被全部杀死。
• I hope to finally kill off the meme that Ruby is always slow.
  我希望能够最终去除Ruby通常很慢的这个毒瘤。
• Antibiotics may kill off beneficial bacteria.
  抗生素可能会杀死大量有益细菌。
• 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）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。