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

• In Brazil, cattle ranchers used to nearly kill off the jaguar because it would kill their cows.
  在巴西，牧场主人以前几乎把美洲豹都杀光了，因为它们会杀害牛群。
• I was concerned that the scouts would simply kill off all of the Germans; I commanded to cease fire and we rushed into hand-to-hand combat.
  我担心侦察兵会将所有的敌人都杀死，于是我命令停止射击然后冲向敌人展开徒手格斗。
• When antibiotics are not used correctly, they fail to completely kill off the disease-causing bacteria in a patient.
  如果不能正确使用抗生物，它们就无法全部杀死引发病人疾病的细菌。
• Hitler's original plan was to kill off all the German jews.
  希特勒的最初打算是杀光德国所有的犹太人。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yet once conspiracy theories have caught hold, they are hard to kill off.
  这些胡言乱语也许不过是暂时的消遣。然而，一旦阴谋论盛行，就很难消除。
• 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）。
• 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。
• So the changing climate may have combine with meteor impact to kill off the dinosaurs.
  因此，气候变化和流星撞击地球可能是恐龙灭绝的元凶。