would/could kill for something

(also would kill to do something) to want something so much that you will do almost anything to get it or do it 愿不惜一切得到某物，极想要某物

I could kill for a smoke right now.

现在我非常想吸口烟。

In those days, actors would kill to break into film.

那时候，演员都拼命想挤入电影界。

Examples from the Corpus

would/could kill for something• But Katrinka is sustained by her search for her long-lost son, and a wardrobe a Vegas showgirl could kill for.• I could kill for him, easily and without thought.• Some of the lasses would kill for tab-ends and that.• Most retailers would kill for that kind of performance.

→ would/could kill for something at kill1(2)

单词	would/could kill for something
释义	would/could kill for something would/could kill for something (also would kill to do something) to want something so much that you will do almost anything to get it or do it 愿不惜一切得到某物，极想要某物 I could kill for a smoke right now. 现在我非常想吸口烟。 In those days, actors would kill to break into film. 那时候，演员都拼命想挤入电影界。 Examples from the Corpus would/could kill for something• But Katrinka is sustained by her search for her long-lost son, and a wardrobe a Vegas showgirl could kill for.• I could kill for him, easily and without thought.• Some of the lasses would kill for tab-ends and that.• Most retailers would kill for that kind of performance. → would/could kill for something at kill1(2)
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