This "top kill" was meant to get enough mud into the pipes to seal the well and stop the flow of oil.

这种“灭顶法”是一种为了封闭油井，阻止油漏而将足够的重液打入管道的方法。

youdao

The top kill experience seems to have suggested to the company that the riser is not in fact holding back the oil very much; and besides, the other options have not worked out.

封顶的经历似乎已向英国石油公司表明：实际上，这根立管根本没有控制住漏油；并且除此以外，其他的补救选择也于事无补。

youdao

Cutting through the riser had been seen as a riskier strategy than the top kill, which is why it wasn't tried before.

在人们看来：同“封顶”相比，切断旧立管是一项更具有风险的策略，这就是为什么之前不愿尝试的原因。

youdao

We did the top kill -- we were able to force mud down the wellbore to the point where we actually suppressed all the oil.

WHITEHOUSE: Daily Press Briefing

The solutions for -- the solution with the top kill, first in stabilizing the well with heavy drilling mud, ultimately would lead to the cement capping of that well.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

And as -- whether it was the top kill, whether it was the top cap, any of the exercises that needed to be signed off on by the federal on-scene coordinator in order to make happen, those were done.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing