柯林斯詞典death knell (also death-knell) 1. N-SING If you say that something sounds the death knell for a particular person or thing, you mean it will cause that person or thing to fail, end, or cease to exist. 導(dǎo)致終結(jié)的原因[usu 'the' N 'for/of' n] The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business. 稅收的增長(zhǎng)預(yù)示著這項(xiàng)生意的終結(jié)。 返回 death knell劍橋詞典a warning of the end of something 終結(jié)的預(yù)兆，完結(jié)的信號(hào) The opening of the superstore will sound /toll the death knell for (= cause the failure of) hundreds of small independent shops . 大型超市的開(kāi)張將會(huì)爲(wèi)數(shù)百家獨(dú)立經(jīng)營(yíng)的小店鋪敲響喪鍾。 返回 death knell