| 单词 | death blow |
| 释义 | death blow also death-blow singular noun If you say that an event or action deals a death blow to something such as a plan or hope, or is a death blow to something, you mean that it puts an end to it. [journalism] The deportations would be a death blow to the peace process. [+ to] It has been asserted that the theory of evolution dealt a death blow to religiousbelief. death blow in British English (dɛθ bləʊ) noun a thing or event that destroys life or hope, esp suddenly They were waiting for a death blow that never came. The deportations would be a death blow to the peace process. This decision is a death blow to the Argentine economy The people of Hatfield went into shock as they learned their town had been dealta death blow. Defeat would have dealt a death blow to their hopes of promotion to the top division. The party promised to deliver a death blow to feudalism. Examples of 'death blow' in a sentence |
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