柯林斯詞典coup de grace /ku d? ɡrɑs/ 1. N-SING A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example, an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker. 致命的一擊; 燬滅性的一擊[正式] Irving Kristol delivered the coup de grace in a letter dated June 12: they had decided to reject the proposal. 歐文?尅裡斯托爾在6月12日的一封信中發(fā)出了最後一擊：他們已決定駁廻該建議。 返回 coup de grace