kills

英 [kɪlz] 美 [kɪlz]

v.  杀死; 弄死; 导致死亡; 毁灭; 破坏; 扼杀; 使停止; 使痛苦; 使疼痛; 使受折磨
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  1. VERB 杀死；弄死;导致死亡
    If a person, animal, or other living thing is killed, something or someone causes them to die.
    1. More than 1,000 people have been killed by the armed forces...
      1,000多人被武装部队杀死。
    2. He had attempted to kill himself on several occasions...
      他好几次试图自杀。
    3. Cattle should be killed cleanly and humanely...
      牛应该被干净利落地无痛屠宰。
    4. The earthquake killed 62 people...
      地震导致62人死亡。
    5. Heroin can kill.
      海洛因能致死。
  2. N-COUNT 杀死，捕杀（动物）
    The act of killing an animal after hunting it is referred to as the kill .
    1. After the kill the men and old women collect in an open space and eat a meal of whale meat.
      捕杀过后，男人们和老年妇女们聚集到一片空地上吃了一顿鲸鱼肉。
  3. VERB 毁灭；破坏；扼杀；使停止
    If someone or something kills a project, activity, or idea, they completely destroy or end it.
    1. His objective was to kill the space station project altogether...
      他的目的是使空间站项目全面停止。
    2. Public opinion may yet kill the proposal.
      舆论可能最终会扼杀这个提议。
    3. Kill off means the same as kill .
      kill off 同kill
    4. He would soon launch a second offensive, killing off the peace process...
      他不久将会再次发动进攻，彻底毁掉整个和平进程。
    5. The Government's financial squeeze had killed the scheme off.
      政府的财政困难已使这个计划成为泡影。
  4. VERB 使减轻（疼痛）
    If something kills pain, it weakens it so that it is no longer as strong as it was.
    1. He was forced to take opium to kill the pain.
      他被迫服用鸦片来止痛。
  5. VERB 使痛苦；使疼痛；折磨
    If you say that something is killing you, you mean that it is causing you physical or emotional pain.
    1. My feet are killing me.
      我的脚疼死了。
  6. VERB 竭尽全力；极力
    If you say that you kill yourself to do something, you are emphasizing that you make a great effort to do it, even though it causes you a lot of trouble or suffering.
    1. You shouldn't always have to kill yourself to do well.
      你不该总是为了做到尽善尽美而累坏自己。
  7. VERB （因对…极度愤怒而）想杀死
    If you say that you will kill someone for something they have done, you are emphasizing that you are extremely angry with them.
    1. Tell Richard I'm going to kill him when I get hold of him.
      告诉理查德，一旦抓住他，我要杀了他。
  8. VERB 致命；要命
    If you say that something will not kill you, you mean that it is not really as difficult or unpleasant as it might seem.
    1. Three or four more weeks won't kill me!
      再过3周或4周不会要了我的命！
  9. VERB 消磨（时间）；打发（时光)
    If you are killing time, you are doing something because you have some time available, not because you really want to do it.
    1. I'm just killing time until I can talk to the other witnesses...
      在和其他目击者交谈前我只是在打发时间。
    2. To kill the hours while she waited, Ann worked in the garden.
      为了打发等待的那几个小时，安在菜园里干些活。

    10. There are several words which mean similar things to kill. To murder someone means to kill them deliberately. Assassinate is used to talk about the murder of an important person, often for political reasons. If a large number of people are murdered, the words slaughter or massacre are sometimes used. Slaughter can also be used to talk about killing animals for their meat.
    有几个词与kill意思相近。murder指蓄意地杀害。assassinate常指为政治目的而暗杀重要人物。如果指大批人被杀，则有时用slaughter或massacre。slaughter也用于指屠宰动物取肉。

  10. PHRASE (表示强调)即使很难，即便很费力
    If you say that you will do something if it kills you, you are emphasizing that you are determined to do it even though it is extremely difficult or painful.
    1. I'll make this marriage work if it kills me.
      再难我也要努力使这桩婚姻幸福美满。
  11. 使笑得前仰后合；使笑死了
    If you say that you killed yourself laughing, you are emphasizing that you laughed a lot because you thought something was extremely funny.
    1. PHRASE 借机行事；伺机而动
      If you move in for the kill or if you close in for the kill, you take advantage of a changed situation in order to do something that you have been preparing to do.
      1. Seeing his chance, Dennis moved in for the kill.
        看到机会来了，丹尼斯开始采取行动。
    2. to kill two birds with one stone → see: bird
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    双语例句

    1. All this questioning is so analytical and clinical — it kills romance.
      整个询问分析性和逻辑性太强，浪漫的气息荡然无存。
    2. The vote as good as kills the chance of real reform.
      这次投票几乎是扼杀了一次真正改革的机会。
    3. I'll make this marriage work if it kills me.
      再难我也要努力使这桩婚姻幸福美满。
    4. It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body
      原发性肿瘤并不会置人于死地，致命的是身体其他部位的继发肿瘤。
    5. That floral carpet kills the effect of your curtains.
      那块有花卉图案的地毯使你的窗帘没那么扎眼了。
    6. But this kind of language kills real debate.
      但是这种（僵化的）语言扼杀了真正的争论和思辨。
    7. Israeli researchers say they have developed a substance that attracts and kills mosquitoes infected with the malaria parasite.
      以色列研究人员称他们研制出了一种新的物质，能够吸引并消灭感染了疟原虫的蚊子。
    8. Life is hard. After all, it kills you.
      生活是艰难的，毕竟，它会杀了你。
    9. Unfortunately Jason finds her and kills her too.
      不幸的是杰森找到了她，将她也杀害了。
    10. You see it's not work that kills people, it's worry.
      你看，工作并没有杀死人，是耽心害死了人。
    11. It kills me, knowing you could be with another guy.
      知道你能和别的男生在一起，真的要我死了。
    12. But what if she kills us first?
      但要是她先杀了我们呢？
    13. And that's when he kills her.
      那也就是他动手杀了她的时候。
    14. Their goal is to develop a genetically modified mosquito with a strengthened immune system that kills all the parasites.
      他们的目标是建立一个具有加强免疫系统的转基因蚊子，可以杀死所有的寄生虫。
    15. And kills my dive partner.
      而且杀了我的潜水合伙人。
    16. A villain kills my father.
      一个恶人杀了我的父亲。
    17. What if he kills you first?
      如果他先杀了你呢？
    18. Who kills every kid and man?
      谁杀了所有的大人小孩？
    19. He kills the fly and breaks the old man's nose.
      他砸死了苍蝇也打破了老人的鼻子。
    20. Tracy: There are also new diseases& SARS and H1N1, they kills a lot of people.
      还出现了新的疾病&SARS和H1N1，它们夺去了很多人的生命。
    21. Of whether he kills you before he leaves.
      他会不会在走之前把你杀了。
    22. There's no question it kills germs, although it's not a substitute for washing;
      毫无疑问这消灭了细菌，尽管这不能代替洗手；
    23. To someone who kills a kid like that.
      杀了这样一个孩子的人身上。
    24. DDT sprayed into the air kills mosquitoes and other insect pests.
      喷射到空气中的DDT能杀死蚊子和其他有害昆虫。
    25. One of our best friends kills himself and we don't know why.
      我们最好的一个朋友自杀了但我们缺不知道原因。
    26. Then Nick kills slim Hopkins and benny.
      然后尼克杀了霍普金斯和本尼。
    27. So the wrong treatment kills any hope of the right diagnosis.
      所以我们错误的治疗毁了正确诊断的希望了。
    28. This drug kills germs but is harmless to pets and people.
      这种药剂杀菌但封宠物和人无害。
    29. You realise this effectively kills any chance we have of rescinding that order?
      你意识到这样我们就没机会废除这一命令了吗？
    30. Just playing one set almost kills me.
      只打了一盘，我就快不行了。
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