death knell的意思|示意
n. 丧钟；导致失败（或终结、毁灭）的原因
death knell相关例句
His decision sounds the death knell for all our hopes.
他的决定预报我们的希望将全部破灭.
辞典例句
Its recurrence was regular , but as slow as the tolling of a death knell.
他弄不清这是什么声音,是远在天边还是近在眼前(似乎既近又远).
期刊摘选
His failure sounds the death knell for all his hopes.
他的失败宣告了他所有希望的破灭.
辞典例句
At first he thought it was a death knell.
起初,他以为是死亡的丧钟敲响了.
辞典例句
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.
期刊摘选
It's going to be the death knell of the red deer.
这将导致马鹿的灭绝。
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