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| 1 | I/T to make a person or other living thing die 杀死；弄死 |
| Each year thousands of people are killed and injured on the roads. 每年都有数以千计的人在交通事故中丧生或受伤。 |
| Many people believe that killing animals for sport is morally wrong. 许多人认为以捕杀动物为乐是不道德的。 |
| Speed kills. 超速驾驶会出人命。 |
| | 1a | to make yourself die 自杀 | | He tried to kill himself with an overdose of drugs. 他试图服用过量药物来结束自己的生命。 | |
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| 2 | T always progressive informal if part of your body is killing you , it is causing you a lot of pain 使疼痛难忍 |
| My back’ s killing me. 我的后背疼死了。 |
| | 2a | T to make you feel very tired 使筋疲力尽；使累倒 | | Those stairs kill me every time! 上那些楼梯每次都累得我要命！ | |
| | 2b | to work too hard , and make yourself very tired 呕心沥血；殚精竭虑；使自己过分劳累 | | She killed herself to get that project finished on time. 她为了准时完成那个项目而殚精竭虑。 | |
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| 3 | T to spend time doing a particular activity while you are waiting for something 消磨（时光）；打发（时间） |
| We killed a few hours watching videos. 我们看录像打发了几个小时的时间。 |
| kill time Shopping can be a good way to kill time at the airport. 在机场，购物可能是消磨时间的一个好方法。 |
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| 4 | T to stop something from continuing 制止；扼杀；消灭 |
| The group effectively killed speculation that a merger was about to take place. 该集团有效地消除了人们关于要合并的疑虑。 |
| | 4a | to stop pain 止（痛） | | The nurse will give you something to kill the pain. 护士会给你一些止痛药。 | |
| | 4b | a remark that kills a conversation makes people stop talking 使（谈话）中止 | | Jack can really kill a conversation with his ideas on politics. 杰克的政治观点真的会使谈话无法继续下去。 | |
| | 4c | to decide not to publish or broadcast a news story 决定不刊登，决定不播放（某新闻） | |
| | 4d | to switch lights off 关（灯） | | Can you kill the lights? 你能把灯关了吗？ | |
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| - | if it kills you informal
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| used for emphasizing that you will do something even if it is extremely difficult |
| （用于强调）再难也要做 |
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| I’ m going to pass this exam if it kills me. 这门考试再难我也要通过。 |
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| - | I’ ll kill him/her/them spoken
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| used for saying that you are very angry with someone |
| 我要宰了他/她/他们（用于表示对某人非常生气） |
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| Wait until I get my hands on him! I’ ll kill him. 等我抓到他，我要把他宰了！ |
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| - | kill or cure
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| an action you take that will either destroy something or save it completely |
| 不是医好就是治死；不是一举成功就是一败涂地 |
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| - | kill two birds with one stone
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| to achieve two aims with one action |
| 一石二鸟；一箭双雕；一举两得 |
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| - | kill yourself laughing informal
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| to laugh a lot |
| 笑死某人；笑坏某人 |
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| - | sth won’ t kill sb informal
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| used for saying that something is not as difficult or unpleasant as it seems |
| 某事对某人来说算不了什么 |
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| A shower of rain won’ t kill you. 一阵雨要不了你的命。 |
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| - | ˌkill ˈoff |
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| | to destroy living things so that most or all of them are dead 使（生物）大量死亡，使灭绝 | Antibiotics may kill off beneficial bacteria. 抗生素可能会杀死大量有益细菌。 | | | a | to make something stop or fail completely 使完全停止；使彻底失败 | | The BBC has decided to kill off some of its best-loved programmes. 英国广播公司已经决定停播一些其最受欢迎的节目。 | | |
| Other ways of saying : kill | | | | | | kill 的其他表达方式 | | | | murder to deliberately kill someone谋杀（故意杀害某人）: She denied murdering her husband.她否认谋杀亲夫。 | | assassinate to kill an important or famous person, often for political reasons or for money暗杀（通常出于政治目的或为金钱刺杀重要或知名人士）: Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963.肯尼迪于1963年在达拉斯遇刺。 | | slaughter to kill a group of people in a very violent way or to kill farm animals屠杀，屠宰（以非常暴虐的方式杀害一群人或宰杀牲畜）: Local militia then started to slaughter civilians.当地民兵接着开始屠杀平民。Thousands of cattle have been slaughtered since the outbreak of the disease.自从该疾病爆发以来，成千上万的牛已遭屠宰。 | | massacre to kill a very large number of people in a violent or cruel way大屠杀，残杀（以暴虐或残忍的方式杀害大量的人）: Roman soldiers massacred several hundred villagers.罗马士兵残杀了数百名村民。 | | wipe out to kill an entire group of people or animals so that there are none left灭绝（杀光人或动物）: These animals can wipe out entire colonies of bees.这些动物会使所有的蜂群灭绝。 | | exterminate to deliberately kill all the people or animals in a place or area, especially animals that are dangerous or dirty灭绝，扑灭（消灭某个地方或地区的人或动物，尤指消灭危险或肮脏的动物）: We’ ll need to hire someone to exterminate the rats.我们需要雇人来灭鼠。 | | execute to kill someone legally as a punishment for a serious crime依法将（罪犯）处死: He was executed for treason.他因叛国罪而被处死。 | | put to death (formal) to execute someone将（某人）处死: The King ordered them to be put to death.国王下令将他们处死。 | | commit suicide to deliberately cause your own death自杀: She committed suicide in 1968.她于1968年自杀。 | | put down or put to sleep to kill an animal because it is ill or in pain and can never get well杀死（动物）以免除其痛苦；使受安乐死: We’ ve had to have our dog put to sleep.我们只好让狗安乐死。 | | | |
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