death knell
柯林斯词典
1. N-SING If you say that something sounds the death knell for a particular person or thing, you mean it will cause that person or thing to fail, end, or cease to exist. 导致终结的原因[usu 'the' N 'for/of' n]
The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business. 税收的增长预示着这项生意的终结。
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death knell (also death-knell)
剑桥词典
- a warning of the end of something
终结的预兆，完结的信号
The opening of the superstore will sound /toll the death knell for (= cause the failure of) hundreds of small independent shops . 大型超市的开张将会为数百家独立经营的小店铺敲响丧钟。 返回 death knell