kill
- v.杀死;破坏;扼杀;使停止;使痛苦;毁灭;弄死;导致死亡;使疼痛;使受折磨;使笑得前仰后合
- n.杀死，捕杀(尤指动物);猎物;被捕杀的动物
killverb
杀死；弄死；导致死亡
to make sb/sth die
Cancer kills thousands of people every year.
每年数以千计的人死于癌症。
Three people were killed in the crash.
三人在此次撞车事故中丧生。
He tried to kill himself with sleeping pills.
他试图服安眠药自杀。
I bought a spray to kill the weeds.
我买了一种喷剂可以除草。
My mother will kill me (= be very angry with me) when she finds out.
我妈要是发现了会宰了我的。
Don't kill yourself trying to get the work done by tomorrow. It can wait.
别为了赶着明天把事情干完而累坏身体。这事可以等一等嘛。
Tiredness while driving can kill.
疲劳驾驶会出人命的。
毁灭；破坏；扼杀；使停止
to destroy or spoil sth or make it stop
to kill a rumour
平息谣言
Do you agree that television kills conversation?
电视扼杀人与人之间的交谈，你同意这种说法吗？
The defeat last night killed the team's chances of qualifying.
昨晚的失败使这个队失去了获得资格的机会。
使痛苦；使疼痛；使受折磨
to cause sb pain or suffering
My feet are killing me.
我的脚痛死了。
使笑得前仰后合；使笑死了
to make sb laugh a lot
Stop it! You're killing me!
别说了！你都把我笑死了！
to destroy sth that would make you rich, successful, etc.
used to say that what you are going to do will either be very successful or fail completely
to spend time doing sth that is not important while you are waiting for sth else to happen
我们打纸牌消磨时间。
We killed time playing cards.
to achieve two things at the same time with one action
to be so kind to sb/sth that you in fact harm them
to laugh a lot
他笑得前仰后合。
He was killing himself laughing.
used to tell sb not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not concern them
wearing the kind of clothes that will make people notice and admire you
to have nothing to do or not be busy
noun
杀死，捕杀（尤指动物）
an act of killing, especially when an animal is hunted or killed
A cat often plays with a mouse before the kill.
猫在咬死老鼠之前常常要耍弄它一番。
The plane prepared to move in for the kill .
飞机已作好击落敌机的准备。
I was in at the kill when she finally lost her job (= present at the end of an unpleasant process) .
我亲眼目睹了她最后失去工作的情景。
被捕杀的动物；猎物
an animal that has been hunted and killed
lions feeding on their kill
正在吃猎物的狮子
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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.More than 1,000 people have been killed by the armed forces...
1,000多人被武装部队杀死。
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There is tension in the region following the killing of seven civilians.
随着7名平民被杀害，该地区局势紧张起来。
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N-COUNT 杀死，捕杀（动物）
The act of killing an animal after hunting it is referred to as the kill .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。
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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.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。
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VERB 使减轻（疼痛）
If something kills pain, it weakens it so that it is no longer as strong as it was.He was forced to take opium to kill the pain.
他被迫服用鸦片来止痛。
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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.My feet are killing me.
我的脚疼死了。
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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.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。
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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.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。
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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.Three or four more weeks won't kill me!
再过3周或4周不会要了我的命！
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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.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。
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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。
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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.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。
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PHRASE 使笑得前仰后合；使笑死了
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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.Seeing his chance, Dennis moved in for the kill.
看到机会来了，丹尼斯开始采取行动。
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to kill two birds with one stone→ see:bird
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- the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
- the pilot reported two kills during the mission
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- the act of terminating a life
- Synonym: killing putting to death
verb
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- end or extinguish by forceful means
- Stamp out poverty!
- Synonym: stamp out
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- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
- Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods
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- cause to cease operating
- kill the engine
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- tire out completely
- The daily stress of her work is killing her
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- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- kill these lines in the President's speech
- Synonym: obliterate wipe out
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- drink down entirely
- He downed three martinis before dinner
- She killed a bottle of brandy that night
- They popped a few beer after work
- Synonym: toss off pop bolt down belt down pour down down drink down
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- cause to die;put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
- This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank
- The farmer killed a pig for the holidays
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- cause the death of, without intention
- She was killed in the collision of three cars
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- deprive of life
- AIDS has killed thousands in Africa
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- hit with great force
- He killed the ball
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- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
- She killed the ball
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- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
- The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!
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- be the source of great pain for
- These new shoes are killing me!
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- thwart the passage of
- kill a motion
- he shot down the student's proposal
- Synonym: shoot down defeat vote down vote out
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- be fatal
- cigarettes kill
- drunken driving kills
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These are the cells that directly attack and kill micro-organisms
这些细胞可以直接攻击和杀死微生物。
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He produced a handwritten list of nine men he was supposed to kill
他拿出了一份手写的名单，上面列有9个他应该要杀死的人。
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According to official statistics the disease killed over 500 people .
根据官方的统计数字，500多人死于这种疾病。
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Are you crazy ? We could get killed doing that .
你疯了？我们那样做会丧命的。
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Three people were killed and five injured in the crash .
撞车事故中有三人死亡，五人受伤。
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Two children were run over and killed .
两名儿童被轧死了。
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I had to run away for fear he might one day kill me .
我只好逃走，生怕他有一天把我杀了。
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The two girls were taken into care after their parents were killed .
两个女孩在父母遇害后由福利院收养。
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It 's a sad fact that many of those killed were children .
让人难以接受的是遇难者中很多是孩子。
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A cat often plays with a mouse before the kill .
猫在咬死老鼠之前常常要耍弄它一番。
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I was in at the kill when she finally lost her job .
我亲眼目睹了她最后失去工作的情景。
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At least ten people were killed in the crash .
至少有十人在撞车事故中丧生。
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Three people were killed in the crash .
三人在此次撞车事故中丧生。
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An increase in crime could kill the golden goose of tourism .
犯罪率的上升可能会扼杀旅游业这只产金蛋的鹅。
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The plane prepared to move in for the kill .
飞机已作好击落敌机的准备。
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Cancer kills thousands of people every year .
每年数以千计的人死于癌症。
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Unconfirmed reports said that at least six people had been killed .
未经证实的报道称至少有六人丧生。
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Our immune systems are killing billions of germs right now .
我们的免疫系统正在杀死数以十亿计的细菌。
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They were within a hair 's breadth of being killed .
他们险些丧命。
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Six people were killed in the riot , including a policeman .
暴乱中有六人死亡，包括一名警察。
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Jack Frost was threatening to kill the new plants .
霜降危及新作物的存活。
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My mother will kill me when she finds out .
我妈要是发现了会宰了我的。
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The family was killed in an air raid .
这家人在一次空袭中遇难。
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A police officer was killed when his car blew up .
一名警员在其汽车爆炸时遇难。
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Three of them were killed in the subsequent encounter with the police .
他们中有三个人在后来与警察的冲突中被杀死。
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It horrified her to think that he had killed someone .
一想到他杀过人，她就感到毛骨悚然。
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Hundreds of people are killed or maimed in car accidents every week .
每周都有数百人因车祸而丧命或致残。
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The town raised a memorial to those killed in the war .
这座小镇为战争中牺牲的人树立了一座纪念碑。
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At least 5 000 people were killed , and that 's a conservative estimate .
至少5000人丧生，这还是个保守的估计。
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She was killed in a fall from a horse .
她从马背上掉下来摔死了。
普通用词，泛指以任何方式使人、动物或植物死亡。
His wife was killed in a car accident.
他的妻子在一次车祸中丧生。
The president was killed on his way to the office.
总统在上班路上被杀了。
主要指出于政治原因采用非法手段杀害重要人物或知名人士。
The police have uncovered a plot to assassinate the president.
警方已破获一起暗杀总统的阴谋。
Terrorists are plotting to assassinate the presidential candidate.
恐怖分子在密谋暗杀这位总统候选人。
指蓄意杀害某人。
The housekeeper was murdered last night.
昨天夜里管家被谋杀了。
He was convicted of murdering a policewoman.
他被判谋杀一名女警察的罪名成立。
指残酷地杀害某人，尤用于新闻报道中。
Three passengers were slain by the hijackers.
3名乘客被劫机者杀害。
Several visitors were brutally slain yesterday.
昨天有数名游客惨遭杀害。
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