knell

英 [nel] 美 [nel]

n.  丧钟;丧钟声;凶兆;哀伤的声音
v.  鸣丧钟;预报凶兆;发出哀伤之声; 敲丧钟召集

过去分词:knelled复数:knells现在分词:knelling过去式:knelled第三人称单数:knells

TOEFL

BNC.23222 / COCA.24362



双语例句

  1. The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business
    税赋的增加为这个企业敲响了丧钟。
  2. It's going to be the death knell of the red deer.
    这将导致马鹿的灭绝。
  3. There is no "Google death knell counter," he writes, as there is for apple.
    他写道,世上并不存在所谓的“谷歌丧钟计时器”,但苹果丧钟计时器确实存在。
  4. Never did funeral knell, never did alarm-bell, produce a greater effect on the hearer.
    这一个声音在听者耳中所产生的效力,简直比丧钟或警钟更为厉害。
  5. Those who sound the death knell of market capitalism are therefore mistaken.
    因此,那些敲响市场资本主义丧钟的人错了。
  6. That is the death knell of the British Empire.
    这是不列颠帝国的丧钟。
  7. It sounded the knell of all her hopes.
    那事听起来就像是给她的一切希望敲起了丧钟。
  8. To resume the ivory trade would sound the death knell for the African elephants.
    恢复象牙贸易将会敲响了非洲象的丧钟。
  9. That ring the dead seaman's knell.
    敲响了水手死亡的钟声。
  10. They name thee before me, A knell to mine ear;
    他们当着我讲到你,一声声有如丧钟;
  11. The arrival of supermarkets sounded the death knell of small shops.
    超级市场的到来敲响了小商店的丧钟。
  12. It was another form of knell, with mockery added to the warning.
    这不过是另一种丧钟,警告之中又添上了嘲弄。
  13. The opening of the ports sounded this death knell of the ancient regime.
    港口的开放敲响了这个古老制度的丧钟。
  14. His failure sound the death knell for all his hopes.
    他的失败宣告了他所有希望的破灭。
  15. Some workers saw the machines as a death knell for traditional skills.
    有些人视机器为传统技能的丧钟。
  16. A deep sound strikes like a rising knell.
    一个沉闷的声音就像正在敲响的丧钟一样传来。
  17. Industry executives are quick to deny that a death knell has sounded over the industry.
    业内高管对丧钟已响彻整个行业的说法迅速予以否定。
  18. The death knell comes in the form of squabbling among a horde of family shareholders.
    丧钟以一大群家族股东争吵的形式敲响。
  19. Joe McKendrick has a couple of interesting articles recently that look at whether or not we are seeing the death knell for "big enterprisey"( subjective) SOA.
    最近,JoeMcKendrick发表了一系列有趣的文章探讨我们是否看到“大企业级(bigenterprisey)”SOA的丧钟。
  20. A knell from the church bell broke harshly on these youthful thoughts.
    教堂那边传来一声报丧的钟声,粗暴地打断了这些幼稚的想法。
  21. His manner was so casual when he was sounding the death knell of tara.
    他谈到塔拉这个要命的消息时,态度还是那么随便。
  22. A diplomatic crisis would sound the death knell of any hopes of disarmament.
    外交上的危机将为任何裁军希望敲响丧钟。
  23. A knell to mine ear;
    一声声有如丧钟;
  24. His decision sounded the death knell for all our hopes.
    他的决定预报我们的希望将全部破灭。
  25. The coller capital boss dismisses the idea that the credit crunch has sounded the death knell for private equity.
    这位科勒资本的老板驳斥了信贷危机已为私人股本敲响丧钟的观点。
  26. That's the death knell of a business.
    那会是一个事业死亡的丧钟。
  27. This day is also likely to stand, the newspaper might have added, as the day which sounded the death knell of imperialism in Asia.
    其实,这家报纸还可以再补充一句说,这一天也很有可能作为在亚洲敲响帝国主义丧钟的日子而载入史册。
  28. We all mourned at the death knell of Tom.
    我们听到汤姆的丧钟的时候都很悲伤。
  29. As they simultaneously signaled the death knell of many species of migratory animals as well as served up noise and air pollution.
    却也敲响许多迁移性动物的丧钟以及产生噪音和空气污染。
  30. The death knell sounded by Novartis over India's pharmaceuticals industry last week could be sour grapes but the concerns highlight some of the challenges facing the burgeoning sector.
    瑞士制药公司诺华(Novartis)上个月为印度制药行业敲响了丧钟,可能只是因为吃不到葡萄说葡萄酸。但这种担忧突显出这个正在兴起的行业所面临的某些挑战。

英英释义

noun

  1. the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something

    verb

    1. make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
      1. Ring the bells
      2. My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church

      Synonym:    ring

    2. ring as in announcing death