1 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. 杀死；弄死;导致死亡
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More than 1,000 people have been killed by the armed forces. [be VERB-ed]
1,000多人被武装部队杀死。
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He had attempted to kill himself on several occasions. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
他好几次试图自杀。
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Cattle should be killed cleanly and humanely. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
牛应该被干净利落地无痛屠宰。
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The earthquake killed 62 people. [VERB noun]
地震导致62人死亡。
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Heroin can kill. [VERB]
海洛因能致死。
SYN slay, murder, execute, slaughter
2 N-COUNT [usually singular] 杀死，捕杀（动物） The act of killing an animal after hunting it is referred to as the kill . 杀死，捕杀（动物）
SYN killing, murder, massacre, slaughter
3 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. 毁灭；破坏；扼杀；使停止
SYN destroy, defeat, crush, scotch
Kill off means the same as
kill .
kill off 同kill -
He would soon launch a second offensive, killing off the peace process.
他不久将会再次发动进攻，彻底毁掉整个和平进程。
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The Government's financial squeeze had killed the scheme off.
政府的财政困难已使这个计划成为泡影。
4 VERB 使减轻（疼痛） If something kills pain, it weakens it so that it is no longer as strong as it was. 使减轻（疼痛）
SYN deaden, reduce, check, dull
5 VERB [only cont] 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. 使痛苦；使疼痛；折磨 [informal]
SYN hurt, burn, smart, sting
6 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. 竭尽全力；极力 [informal, emphasis]
7 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. （因对…极度愤怒而）想杀死 [emphasis]
8 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. 致命；要命 [informal]
9 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. 消磨（时间）；打发（时光) [Also V n v-ing]
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I'm just killing time until I can talk to the other witnesses. [VERB noun]
在和其他目击者交谈前我只是在打发时间。
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To kill the hours while she waited, Ann worked in the garden. [VERB noun]
为了打发等待的那几个小时，安在菜园里干些活。
Usage Note :
There are several words which mean similar things to kill. To murder someone means to kill them deliberately. Assassinate is used to talk about the murder of an important person, often for political reasons. If a large number of people are murdered, the words slaughter or massacre are sometimes used. Slaughter can also be used to talk about killing animals for their meat.
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。
10 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. (表示强调)即使很难，即便很费力 [emphasis]
11 PHRASE 使笑得前仰后合；使笑死了 If you say that you killed yourself laughing, you are emphasizing that you laughed a lot because you thought something was extremely funny. 使笑得前仰后合；使笑死了 [informal, emphasis]
12 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. 借机行事；伺机而动
13 to kill two birds with one stone→see: bird dressed to kill→see: dressed to kill the goose that lays the golden egg→see: goose to be killed outright→see: outright
Quotations
Kill one man and you are a murderer. Kill millions and you are a conqueror. Kill all and you are a God Jean Rostand Pensées d'un Biologiste
Thou shalt not kill Bible: Exodus
Thou shalt not kill; but needst not strive
Officiously, to keep alive Arthur Hugh Clough The Latest Decalogue
| Thesaurus | kill Also look up: |
| VERB. | execute, murder, put down, slay, wipe out 1 |
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