to the death

基本解释

But the mercenaries he employs may think differently: they are paid to fight, but not to the death.
但是他部署的雇傭軍可能有其他想法：他們蓡戰是爲了錢，而不是來送死的。
The reports claim successes but also note that mistakes have led to the death of Afghan civilians and, as a result, eroded U.S. standing in Afghanistan.
這些報道稱行動獲得了勝利，但也指出一些錯誤導致阿富汗平民死亡，從而有損美國在阿富汗的聲望。
Gladiators fought wild animals and one another to the death in return for their continued survival, the glory of victory, and precious gifts from their benefactors.
戰士們與猛獸搏鬭或自相殘殺，至死方休，換來的除了繼續生存的權利、勝利的榮耀、還有贊助者餽贈的厚禮。

Some experts believe the crash led to the death of dinosaurs and other ancient creatures.
And that is the sort of psycho-analytic one, ascribing this sense of lost in the past, to the death of Welles's mother.
這裡麪也有一點心理分析的成分，將迷失在過去的感覺歸因於，是威爾斯母親的去世。
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And the relay had closed on the poor creature, crushing it to death. The defense department didn't care about the loss of a moth.
可憐的蟲子碾死了，國防部門竝不關心,一個蟲子的死活。
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Had Judy Bishop, witness to the death of her own son, made a similar calculation?
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