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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The second generation polymer microbicides, tried to kill off or block the HIV from entering cells.
  第二代聚合物杀微生物剂试图杀死或者阻止艾滋病病毒进入细胞。