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。
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。
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。
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 Let’s kill these beers and go. 我们一口干了啤酒就走吧。
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kill yourself laughing They weren’t bothered – in fact, they were killing themselves laughing. 他们并不在意,事实上他们简直笑破了肚皮。
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〕 It wouldn’t kill you to help out once in a while. 偶尔帮别人一把又不会要了你的命。
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 I’m completing this course, even if it kills me. 哪怕再难,我也要完成这门课程。
(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kill or cure• The spring Budget, therefore, will be kill or cure. 18 kill something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v a) KILLto cause the death of a lot of living things 使〔生物〕大量死亡;使灭绝 SYN destroy Pollution is rapidly killing off plant life. 污染导致大量植物迅速死亡。
b) to stop or remove something completely 使〔某事〕彻底停止;根除〔某物〕 SYN destroy These figures kill off any hope that the economy is poised for recovery. 这些数据彻底粉碎了经济复苏的希望。
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) THESAURUSkill 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。