death knell

[deθ nel]
  • n.

    丧钟;导致失败(或终结、毁灭)的原因;


  • 双语例句
1、

The arrival of large supermarkets sounded the death knell of many small local shops.

大型超市的出现宣告了许多地方小商店的终结.

——《简明英汉词典》

2、

That is the death knell of the British Empire.

这是不列颠帝国的丧钟.

辞典例句

3、

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。

柯林斯例句

4、

It's going to be the death knell of the red deer.

这将导致马鹿的灭绝。

柯林斯例句

5、

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

6、

His sudden illness was the death knell of his hope to go traveling with his schoolmates.

他这突然一病,使他想与同学们一起去旅行的希望化为了泡影.

——期刊摘选

7、

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

8、

For some, GM's fall is the final death knell for America's labour aristocracy.

对于某些人来说, 通用汽车的垮台为美国劳工贵族敲响了最后的丧钟.

——期刊摘选

9、

And opponents have called the railway's opening the death knell of an independent Tibetan culture.

反对青藏铁路的人士称这条铁路通车是[西藏独立文化丧钟].

——期刊摘选

10、

The arrival of large supermarkets has sounded the death knell of the local shop.

大型超市的落成宣告了当地小店的末日.

——期刊摘选

11、

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

12、

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

13、

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.

——期刊摘选

14、

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.

——期刊摘选

15、

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

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