网络释义英英释义
death knell
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n.
- an omen of death or destruction
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a bell rung to announce a death
同义词： death bell
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
death knell (also death-knell)
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N-SING If you say that something sounds the death knell for a particular person or thing, you mean it will cause that person or thing to fail, end, or cease to exist. 导致终结的原因 [usu 'the' N 'for/of' n]
例：The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business.
税收的增长预示着这项生意的终结。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business.
税收的增长预示着这项生意的终结。
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The death knell of a marriage is contempt.
婚姻结束的标志是互相蔑视。
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His failure sounds the death knell for all his hopes.
他的失败宣告了他所有希望的破灭。
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Incidentally, sort of side topic: The death knell for a marriage for Gottman This is his big finding.
顺便提一下，一个次要的话题：,对他来说婚姻结束的标志,这是他的大发现。
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The death knell of a marriage is contempt.
婚姻结束的标志是互相蔑视。
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