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BNC: 635 COCA: 425

kill

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kill1 /kɪl/ ●●● S1 W1 verb  
1  make SB/STH die 使某人/某物死亡 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]KILL to make a person or animal die 弄死，杀死
 Why did she kill her husband?
她为什么杀死丈夫？
 Murray held a gun to his head and threatened to kill him.
默里拿枪指着他的头并威胁要杀了他。
 Four people were killed when a train plunged into a flooded river.
火车冲进洪水泛滥的河中，造成四人身亡。
be killed instantly/outright (=immediately) 立即死亡，即刻死去
 The driver was killed instantly.
司机当场死亡。
 Bleach kills household germs.
漂白剂能够杀灭日常病菌。
 Smoking kills.
吸烟会致人死亡。
2  kill yourself 
a) to cause your own death 杀死自己，自杀
 You’re going to kill yourself on that bike.
你骑那辆自行车会送命的。
 After her husband died, Mary tried to kill herself.
丈夫去世后，玛丽曾试图自杀。
b) to work very hard to achieve something, in a way that makes you ill or tired 〔工作过分努力而〕累坏身体
 It’s not worth killing yourself over it.
为了它累坏身体不值得。
kill yourself to do something
 He about killed himself to make the business go.
为了维持生意，他几乎把身体累垮了。
Examples from the Corpus
kill yourself to do something• Jonas bribes Slyme to let him kill himself to cheat the gallows.• But he was killing himself to do it, Emily felt; his terrible headaches proved as much.• The Incas killed each other to ensure a supply of human blood as sacrificial fertiliser for their potato planting rites.• He's spent the past two years killing himself to make the business go.• They will kill themselves to park.
3  make STH stop/fail 使某事停止/失败 [transitiveT]STOP something THAT IS HAPPENING to make something stop operating or fail 使停止；使失败；使关闭
 Joe pulled in and killed the engine.
乔把车靠到路边停下，关闭了引擎。
 The out-of-town shopping centre will kill local trade.
城外的购物中心将令本地商业难以为继。
kill your speed (=drive slowly) 减速行驶
4  be angry with SB 对某人发火 [transitiveT] informalANGRY to be very angry with someone 对〔某人〕大发雷霆
 Mom will kill me if I’m late.
我要是晚了，妈妈会大发脾气的。
5  annoyed/sad 恼火的/伤心的 [transitiveT]TIREDSAD/UNHAPPY to make someone feel annoyed, sad, concerned etc 使生气[伤心，担心等]
it kills somebody to do something
 It kills me to see him working so hard.
看到他这么拼命工作，我担心得要命。
 What happened next? The suspense is killing me.
接下来发生了什么？这一悬念真是要了我的命。
6  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.
7  my head/back etc is killing me spokenPAIN used to say that a part of your body is hurting a lot 我的头/背等痛得要命
 I’ve walked miles and my feet are killing me.
我走了很远的路，脚痛得要命。
8  kill time/an hour etc SPEND TIMEto spend time doing something which is not important, while you are waiting to do something important or waiting for something else to happen 消磨时光，打发时间
 With time to kill, he took a cab to the centre.
还有点时间可以消磨，于是他叫了一辆出租车去市中心。
9  kill a beer/bottle of wine etc spoken to drink or finish drinking a beer etc quickly 一口喝下啤酒/一瓶葡萄酒等
10  make SB laugh 使某人发笑 [transitiveT]FUNNY to make someone laugh a lot 使〔某人〕笑得前仰后合
11  it won’t/wouldn’t kill somebody (to do something) spoken used to say that someone could easily do something, and ought to do it (做某事)又不会要了某人的命〔因此应该去做〕
Examples from the Corpus
it won’t/wouldn’t kill somebody (to do something)• It wouldn't kill you to do the dishes.
12  (even) if it kills me spoken used to emphasize that you are determined to do something, even though it is very difficult 哪怕困难重重
Examples from the Corpus
(even) if it kills me• I'm going to finish this even if it kills me.
13. kill two birds with one stone DOto achieve two things with one action 一石二鸟，一举两得，一箭双雕
Examples from the Corpus
kill two birds with one stone• Adding five examples to the chapters that at present lack them would kill two birds with one stone.• By promoting these new investors, Mr Alphandéry could kill two birds with one stone.• Lleland was obviously out to kill two birds with one stone.• Thorpey said it'd kill two birds with one stone.• Well, now we can kill two birds with one stone.• Deedee killed two birds with one stone, both shopping and looking for a shop of her own to rent.• In trying to play matchmaker and kill two birds with one stone, I nearly annihilated three.
14. kill the goose that lays the golden egg to destroy the thing that brings you profit or success 杀鸡取卵，竭泽而渔
Examples from the Corpus
kill the goose that lays the golden egg• High taxes kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
15. kill the fatted calf CELEBRATEto welcome someone home with a big meal etc after they have been away for a long time 盛宴款待〔长期离家归来的人〕
16. kill somebody with kindness to be too kind to someone, in a way that actually harms them 溺爱某人，宠坏某人
Examples from the Corpus
kill somebody with kindness• Enormous helpings to kill you with kindness.• He'd kill me with kindness.• They killed him with kindness, and it didn't do Blackburn much good either.
17. kill or cure used to say that something you are going to do will be either successful or fail completely 不是一举成功，就是一败涂地；成败在此一举
Examples from the Corpus
kill or cure• The spring Budget, therefore, will be kill or cure.
18 kill something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v 
Examples from the Corpus
kill off• A goal here would have killed Blackburn off.• In order to protect her, my grandmother killed her daughter off.• Most of his comrades had been killed or bought off.• So am I sorry that David Owen has killed it off?• Swindon knew they needed another to kill Oxford off.• The Avalanche had a five-minute power play but the Bruins did a fine job killing it off, allowing just three shots.• With amateurs there's no point in paying, they're likely to kill the victim off anyway, out of fear.• Stupid kids get killed falling off the Palisades trying to sneak into the park through a hole in the Cyclone fence.
→ dressed to kill at dressed(3)
 THESAURUS
kill to make someone die 弄死，杀死
The driver and his passenger were killed in the crash.
司机和乘客都在车祸中丧命了。
He was killed by rival gang members.
他被敌对帮派成员杀死了。
murder to deliberately kill someone – used when talking about this as a crime 〔作为犯罪〕谋杀
He was convicted of murdering his wife.
他被判杀妻罪。
commit manslaughter to kill someone without intending to – used when talking about this as a crime 犯过失杀人罪，犯误杀罪
The court ruled that the guard had committed manslaughter.
法院裁定警卫过失杀人。
assassinate to deliberately kill an important person, especially a politician 暗杀，行刺〔重要人物，尤指政治人物〕
He was part of a plot to assassinate Hitler.
他参与了暗杀希特勒的密谋。
slay to kill someone or something in a violent way – used in newspaper reports and also in old stories 残害，残杀〔用于新闻报道或故事传说〕
Two teenagers were slain in the shootings.
两名少年在枪击中遇害。
St. George slew the dragon.
圣乔治杀死了那条龙。
nThe king was slain at the battle of Hastings.
execute formal (also put somebody to death) to kill someone as a punishment for a crime 处决，处死
McVeigh, who killed 168 people in a bombing attack, was executed by lethal injection.
制造炸弹袭击导致168人死亡的麦克维被处以注射死刑。
eliminate to kill someone in order to prevent them from causing trouble 消灭，清除
a ruthless dictator who eliminated all his rivals
除掉所有敌对者的残酷独裁者
take somebody out informal to kill someone in order to get rid of them, especially an enemy or someone who is causing trouble for you 除掉，干掉
US forces used air strikes to take out the enemy positions.
美军采用空袭来端掉敌军据点。
One of the other drug dealers may have decided to take him out.
可能是其他毒贩中有人决定干掉他。
bump somebody off humorous informal to kill someone 干掉，除掉
He was so irritating I felt like bumping him off myself.
他太讨厌了，我真想亲手把他解决掉。
do away with somebody informal to kill someone 干掉，除掉
nThe settlers in Jamestown had been done away with, but no one knew how.
to kill yourself 自杀
commit suicide to kill yourself 自杀
He committed suicide after the death of his girlfriend.
女朋友死后他自杀了。
take your own life formal to kill yourself 自杀，结束自己的生命
He had taken his own life while he was severely depressed.
他因极度消沉而自杀了。
They believe that it is a sin to take your own life.
他们认为自杀是一种罪过。
to kill a large number of people 杀死许多人
massacre to kill a large number of people in a violent way 屠杀，〔大规模〕杀戮
Thousands of peaceful demonstrators were massacred by the soldiers.
成千上万名和平示威者遭士兵屠杀。
slaughter to kill a large number of people in a violent way. Slaughter is also used about killing animals for food 屠杀〔人〕；屠宰〔动物〕
The army slaughtered thousands of civilians in an effort to stop the revolt.
军队为镇压暴乱而屠杀了成千上万的平民。
The pigs were slaughtered on the farm.
这些猪在养猪场被屠宰。
exterminate to kill large numbers of a particular group, so that they no longer exist 灭绝，根除〔某一群体〕
Hitler’s goal was to exterminate the Jews.
希特勒的目标是消灭犹太人。
Examples from the Corpus
kill• The gunman killed 22 people and wounded 15, before turning his gun on himself.• The explosion killed 32 people.• Many people do not realize that these drugs are dangerous and can kill.• Smoking kills.• He told Creon that Thebes would be save only if Menoeceus was killed.• He was capable of killing a man with his bare hands.• The police believe the man may kill again.• During his address, some shots were fired, two men were killed, and several wounded.• Is it morally acceptable to kill animals for food?• My sixteen-year-old son Louis was killed by a drunk driver two years ago.• I thought he had been in a car accident that had killed everyone else.• On May 3,1885, police fired into a crowd of strikers in Chicago, wounding many and killing four.• Noland is accused of killing her stepfather.• He claims that he didn't mean to kill his wife.• James Dean was killed in a car crash in 1955.• Official sources say that 20 people were killed in last night's air raids.• Carrie will kill me if I forget her birthday.• Alan wore a dress to the party? That kills me!• They've tried to kill me.• The disease has already killed more than 2000 in Latin America.• Mr Howard released a statement in an effort to kill speculation in the press.• Quick! Kill the lights.• Some one possessing special strength or skill attacks and kills the monster or drives him away.• Could you give me something to kill the pain?• Losing funding now would kill the project.• A car drove onto the pavement, killing three of Mrs Maguire's children.• I was early, so I sat in a café, killing time.• The second Returner had killed two men, and had also been destroyed in the process before full analysis could commence.
be killed instantly/outright• Both the Prince and his wife were killed instantly.• Park and Sheena were killed instantly.• The aeroplane crashed and your brother was killed instantly.• The only consolation, I think she was killed instantly.• The boy was killed instantly and Ballantine was seen later crying a few yards away from his body.• Nadine was killed instantly and Deanne died in hospital four hours later.• He was killed instantly, and two others were wounded.• A total of 210 people were killed outright by the soldiers, another seventy-one died later and 173 were less seriously wounded.
it kills somebody to do something• I mean, it kills me to think of them.
kill2 noun  
1  KILL[countableC usually singular] the act of killing a hunted animal 杀死，捕杀〔动物〕
2  move in/close in for the kill CATCHto come closer to something in order to kill, defeat, or destroy it 逐渐靠近以伺机杀死[击败，摧毁]
3  [singular]KILL an animal that is killed by another animal 〔被其他动物杀死的猎获物
Examples from the Corpus
kill• The snakes are sometimes hard to find, so the Webers never miss a chance to make a kill.• Shoot only if you are confident of a kill.• The winning point came on a kill by Amy Earle.• This was his fourth patrol of the day and only his first kill of the week.• That lasted only a few seconds; then the leopard got a good hold on its kill.• But you can never effect a total kill.• In 1963, too, the sperm-whale kill reached its peak, claiming about thirty thousand of the great beasts.
From Longman Business Dictionary
killkill /kɪl/ verb [transitiveT]
if someone kills an idea, product etc, they decide to stop developing it, selling it etc
They have killed plans for a weekly regional magazine in Los Angeles.
→ see also fill or kill
Origin kill1
(1200-1300) Probably from an unrecorded Old English cyllan
kill1 verb
→10-18

→THESAURUS1kill2 noun
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BNC: 635 COCA: 425
kill

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + KILL | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤clean, easy, quick利落的／輕易的／迅速的獵殺➤fresh新鮮的獵物◇vultures sensing a fresh kill察覺到新鮮獵物的禿鷲➤fish (NAmE) 魚難◇the worst fish kill in recorded history有歷史記載以來最嚴重的魚難VERB + KILL➤make殺死◇The lion made a quick kill.獅子迅速咬死了獵物。➤be in at (BrE) 殺戮時在場◇I didn't even see the fox, let alone be in at the kill.我都沒看見那隻狐狸，更不用說看見這場捕殺了。➤close in for, go in for, move in for逐漸靠近以伺機殺死◇The hunters moved in for the kill.獵手們逐漸圍上去，準備捕殺獵物。PREPOSITION➤at the kill (BrE) 在殺戮現場◇The meat is divided up among all those present at the kill.肉在獵殺現場的人之間分配。➤for the kill為了捕殺◇The animal crouched down, getting ready for the kill.野獸蹲伏下來，準備捕殺獵物。
kill

verb

ADVERB | VERB + KILL | PHRASES ADVERB➤outright當場殺死◇He has fought more than fifty bulls, killing three outright.他已鬥過五十多頭公牛，當場殺死過三頭。➤almost, nearly幾乎／差點兒殺死➤➤instantly立即殺死➤quickly迅速殺死◇The animals are killed quickly and humanely.那些動物被迅速人道地宰殺。➤slowly慢慢地殺死◇The poison was slowly killing her.毒藥正在慢慢地奪走她的生命。➤eventually, finally最後／最終殺死◇the camp guards who tortured and eventually killed her那些折磨並最終殺害了她的集中營衞兵➤accidentally, inadvertently意外／過失殺死➤deliberately, intentionally故意／蓄意殺死◇I don't believe that he intentionally killed her.我不相信他故意殺害了她。➤allegedly被控殺死◇his trial for allegedly killing his wife他因被控殺害妻子而受的審判➤unlawfully (BrE, law法律) 非法殺害◇The inquest concluded that he was unlawfully killed.調查結論是他是被非法殺害的。➤needlessly不必要地殺害◇the number of people needlessly killed by hospital infections因院內感染無謂致死的人數➤indiscriminately濫殺一氣◇The terrorists had shown their willingness to kill indiscriminately.恐怖分子已經表示他們意欲大開殺戒。➤systematically有計劃有步驟地殺害◇The militias are systematically killing and raping civilians.這些民兵正在有計劃有步驟地殺戮、姦污平民。➤brutally殘忍地殺害◇There were reports of people brutally killed.有報道說有人被殘忍地殺害了。VERB + KILL➤want to想殺死▸➤be prepared to準備殺死◇They are quite prepared to kill to achieve their ends.為了達到目的，他們已做好殺人的準備。➤threaten to威脅殺死▸➤be going to, intend to, mean to, plan to打算／意圖／意在／計劃殺死◇He knew they meant to kill him.他知道他們意在置他於死地。◇What if they really do plan to kill us?如果他們真的計劃殺死我們怎麼辦？◇Dad's going to kill me when he finds out. (figurative) 爸爸要是發現了，輕饒不了我。➤plot to密謀殺死◇They plotted to kill the dictator.他們密謀刺殺那位獨裁者。➤attempt to, seek to, try to企圖／力圖／試圖殺死▸➤help (to)幫助殺死▸➤make sb使某人殺死◇The situation must have been really awful to make her kill herself.能導致她自殺，當時的情況肯定是糟糕透了。PHRASES➤admit killing sb, admit to killing sb, deny killing sb承認殺死某人；否認殺死某人◇He admitted killing her but said it was unintentional.他承認殺死了她，但說不是故意的。➤be accused of killing sb, be charged with killing sb被指控殺死某人➤be killed in sth在⋯中被殺死◇soldiers killed in battle陣亡的士兵➤be tragically killed慘死◇Their daughter was tragically killed in a road accident.他們的女兒在一次車禍中慘死。
BNC: 635 COCA: 425
kill

verb

  ➡ See also the entry for shoot 另见shoot条kill ♦︎ murder ♦︎ execute ♦︎ assassinate ♦︎ slay ♦︎ bump sb off ♦︎ take sb/sth out ♦︎ eliminate ♦︎ finish sb/sth offThese words all mean to make sb/sth die. 这些词均表示杀死。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to kill / murder / assassinate sb in cold blood◆to brutally kill / murder / slay sb■ kill [transitive, intransitive] to make sb/sth die 杀死；弄死；导致死亡◆Cancer kills thousands of people every year.每年都有成千上万的人死于癌症。◆Three people were killed in the crash.有三人在此次撞车事故中丧生。◆He tried to kill himself with sleeping pills.他试图服安眠药自杀。◆I bought a spray to kill the weeds.我买了一种喷雾剂来清除杂草。◆Excessive tiredness while driving can kill.过度疲劳时驾车会出人命的。   see also killing ⇨ murder noun ■ murder [transitive] to kill sb deliberately and illegally 谋杀；杀害◆He denies murdering his wife's lover.他否认谋杀了妻子的情夫。  see also murder ⇨ murder noun , murderous ⇨ violent ■ execute ˈeksɪkjuːt [transitive, usually passive] to kill sb, especially as a legal punishment （尤指依法）处决，处死◆He was executed for treason.他因叛国罪被处死了。◆The prisoners were executed by firing squad.那些犯人被行刑队枪决了。  see also execution ⇨ execution ■ assassinate əˈsæsɪneɪt; NAmE əˈsæsəneɪt [transitive, often passive] to murder an important or famous person, especially for political reasons （尤指因政治原因）暗杀，行刺◆The prime minister was assassinated by extremists.首相遭极端分子暗杀。  see also assassination ⇨ murder noun ■ slay (slew, slain) [transitive] (especially NAmE, especially journalism 尤用于新闻) to murder sb 谋杀；杀害◆Two passengers were slain by the hijackers.两名乘客遭劫机者杀害。ⓘ In old-fashioned or literary English, both British and American, slay means 'to kill sb/sth in a war or fight'. 不管是英式英语还是美式英语，在旧式英语或文学语言中，slay均表示在战争或搏斗中杀死某人或动物◆St George slew the dragon.圣乔治杀死了那条龙。   see also slaying ⇨ murder noun ■ ˌbump sb ˈoff

phrasal verb

 (informal, humorous) to murder sb 谋杀；杀害；干掉◆She'd had three husbands and bumped them all off for the insurance money.她曾有过三任丈夫，都因为保险金而被她杀害了。■ ˌtake sb/sth ˈout

phrasal verb

(took, taken) (informal) to kill sb or destroy sth, especially an enemy or sb/sth that causes problems for you 杀死，消灭（尤指敌人或造成麻烦者）◆They took out two enemy bombers.他们击毁了敌人的两架轰炸机。■ eliminate ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt [transitive] (rather formal, written) to kill sb, especially an enemy or opponent 消灭，杀死（尤指敌人或对手）◆Most of the regime's left-wing opponents were eliminated.这个政权的左翼反对派的大部分人已被除掉。   see also eliminate ⇨ remove 1 ■ ˌfinish sb/sth ˈoff

phrasal verb

 (rather informal) to kill or destroy sb/sth, especially sb/sth that is already badly injured or damaged 杀死，彻底摧毁（尤指已严重受伤的人或损坏的物）◆The hunter moved in to finish the animal off.猎人逼近那只动物，把它给杀死了。
BNC: 635 COCA: 425

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