Kill
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British pronunciation/kˈɪl/
American pronunciation/ˈkɪɫ/

"kill"的定义和意义

to kill
01

, 致死

to end the life of someone or something
Transitive: to kill a living being
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The hunter aimed carefully to kill the deer for food.
猎人小心翼翼地瞄准,以杀致死鹿来获取食物。
Pesticides are used in agriculture to kill harmful insects.
农业中使用农药来杀害有害昆虫。
1.1

杀死, 致死

to cause the death of a living organism
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The disease can spread rapidly and kill.
这种疾病可以迅速传播并杀死。
In harsh winter conditions, exposure can easily kill.
在严酷的冬季条件下,暴露很容易致死。
02

使失败, 终结

to cause something to fail or come to an end
Transitive: to kill sth
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His careless mistake killed our chances of winning the game.
他的粗心错误使我们的获胜机会终结。
The economic downturn could kill small businesses.
经济衰退可能使小企业失败。
2.1

删除, 剔除

to remove or erase a line, paragraph, or file from a document or computer system
Transitive: to kill a passage of a text
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The editor killed the offensive sentence.
编辑删除了这句冒犯的话。
I accidentally killed my whole draft when I pressed the wrong keys.
我不小心删除了整个草稿,因为我按错了键。
2.2

消减, 抑制

to counteract the effect or quality of a particular thing
Transitive: to kill a quality
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Adding too much salt can kill the flavor of the soup.
添加过多盐会消减汤的味道。
Overcooking the vegetables will kill their natural crunchiness.
过度烹饪蔬菜会消减它们自然的脆感。
2.3

熄灭, 关闭

to switch off or cause a light, engine, etc. to stop functioning
Transitive: to kill a mechanism
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He killed the engine to save fuel while waiting.
他关闭了引擎以节省燃料,同时在等待。
Please kill the lights before leaving the room.
请在离开房间之前关闭灯光。
2.4

干掉, 喝光

to completely consume the whole contents of something, particularly a bottle with alcoholic drink
Transitive: to kill a bottle or its content
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She killed a whole case of soda at the party.
她在派对上干掉了一整箱汽水。
He could n't believe they killed the entire bottle of tequila.
他简直不敢相信他们把整瓶龙舌兰干掉了。
2.5

控制, 停球

to cause the ball to stop, especially in soccer
Transitive: to kill a ball or its movement
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The defender skillfully killed the incoming pass with his foot.
后卫熟练地用脚控制了传来的球。
The goalkeeper had to kill the ball's momentum to make the save.
守门员必须控制球的动能才能扑救。
2.6

结束, 终止

to forcefully stop a running program or process
Transitive: to kill a program or process
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Use the task manager to kill the unresponsive program.
使用任务管理器结束未响应的程序。
The system administrator can kill processes that are causing issues on the server.
系统管理员可以结束导致服务器问题的进程。
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打死, 杀球

(particularly in tennis) to strike a ball with such force as to make it impossible to return
Transitive: to kill a ball
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She killed the serve with a powerful forehand.
她用强有力的正手杀球完成了发球。
His opponent could n't return the ball after he killed it with a strong shot.
他的对手在他用强力一击杀球后无法回球。
04

使人难以忍受, 折磨

to overwhelm a particular person with a certain feeling
Transitive: to kill sb
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The suspense in this book is killing me with anticipation.
这本书的悬念让我忍不住,真是使人难以忍受。
Knowing I disappointed her really kills me.
知道我让她失望真是使人难以忍受。
4.1

折磨, 痛苦

to cause someone great deal of pain or suffering
Transitive: to kill a person or a body part
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This headache is killing me.
这个头痛折磨得我很痛苦。
These high heels are killing my feet!
这些高跟鞋正在折磨我的脚!
4.2

让某人生气, 激怒某人

to make someone extremely angry or upset
Transitive: to kill sb
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Dad will kill me if I lose his car keys.
如果我把他的车钥匙弄丢了,爸爸会让我生气。
My boss will kill me if I miss another deadline.
如果我再错过一个截止日期,我的老板会让我非常生气。
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使人捧腹, 逗乐

to greatly amuse, delight, or entertain to the point of causing laughter or enjoyment
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The funny puppet show was a hit with the kids and killed at the school event.
这个有趣的木偶剧在孩子们中间大受欢迎,在学校活动中使人捧腹。
His stand-up comedy routine always kills the audience with laughter.
他的单口喜剧表演总是使人捧腹,逗乐观众。
06

笑翻了, 笑死了

to make someone laugh a lot to the point that they can no longer do so
Transitive: to kill oneself
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Despite the tension in the room, his witty remark had everyone killing themselves with laughter.
尽管房间里气氛紧张,但他机智的言论让大家笑翻了。
When he shared that embarrassing story, we were all killing ourselves laughing.
当他分享那个尴尬的故事时,我们全都笑翻了。
07

想得到, 渴望

to have an intense and strong desire or longing for something
Intransitive: to kill for sth
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I 'd kill for a taste of my grandma's homemade lasagna.
我想得到我奶奶自制的千层面。
I would kill for a slice of that delicious chocolate cake.
我想得到一片美味的巧克力蛋糕。,我渴望一片美味的巧克力蛋糕。
08

累死自己, 折磨自己

to put too much energy into doing something exhausting or carrying heavy things
Transitive: to kill sb | to kill oneself
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Do n't kill yourself.
别累死自己。,别折磨自己。
He did n't exactly kill himself trying to get the work finished.
他并没有累死自己来完成工作。
Kill
01

杀戮, 致死

the act of terminating a life
02

击毁, 摧毁

the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
03

猎物, 尸体

the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
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