| 释义 |
be the death of(Often used hyperbolically or humorously) cause someone’s death: you’ll be the death of me with all your questions...- His early death encouraged the belief that debauchery and dissipation had been the death of him.
- It had been keeping Paladiene safe for over one thousand years now, but he alone had been the death of over one hundred Gate Holders.
- According to the authors, human-induced global warming could be the death of over a million species by the year 2050.
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