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DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔death knell〕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。剑桥高阶〔disposition〕The slightest delay in defensive dispositions might sound the country's death-knell.防御部署的稍一延误可能会给这个国家敲响丧钟。英汉大词典 |