death knell

death knell

美 　英

• n.丧钟；死亡的征兆；预示毁灭的事件
• 网络死亡丧钟；丧钟声；死亡丧锺

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This day is also likely to stand, the newspaper might have added, as the day which sounded the death knell of imperialism in Asia.

其实，这家报纸还可以再补充一句说，这一天也很有可能作为在亚洲敲响帝国主义丧钟的日子而载入史册。

His sudden illness was the death knell of his hope to go traveling with his schoolmates .

他这突然一病，使他想与同学们一起去旅行的希望化为了泡影。

The move if it spreads could sound the death-knell for small-scale newspaper delivery operations across the UK.

如果该项举措蔓延开来，可能会为整个英国的小型报刊投递商敲响丧钟。

That's not a death knell, just a chance for re-purposing.

这并非这台电脑的丧钟，而是一个改变用途的好机会。

The making of movies was to be the death knell of live theater; recorded music, the end of concerts.

电影的出现为现场戏剧表演敲响了丧钟；音乐的录制也意味着音乐会终会消失。

Historians may come to see the decline of the newspaper as the death-knell for the nation-state as we knew it.

历史学家们可能会看见报业的衰落，就像要为我们理解的单一民族国家而敲响丧钟一样。

It's sort of the death knell for all cancer therapies.

这是对所有的癌症疗法的丧钟。

By telling the story of a grand feudal family from prosperity to destitution, the novel sounded the death knell of the feudal society.

以描写显赫封建望族的兴荣衰败，敲响了中国封建社会的丧钟。

Last week's less-than-satisfactory fundraising efforts may have already rung the death knell for the deal.

上周，五矿资源不尽如人意的筹资努力或许已为这项交易敲响了丧钟。

The financial crisis was supposed to ring the death knell for companies that make loans to people who have had problems with debt .

金融危机被认为是对那些向有债务问题的个人发放贷款的公司敲响了丧钟。

But, I failed, all my efforts, all the efforts to all the death knell.

但是，我失败了，我所有的付出，所有的努力全都化为了泡影。

A study carried out by the US edition of Men's Health magazine claims it marks the death knell for '1950s man'.

《男士健康》杂志美国版开展的调查称，这标志着20世纪50年代男人形象的终结。

Many observers had held that the Panic of 2008 was the death knell for the independent investment bank.

当年，许多观察家认为，2008年的恐慌为独立投行敲响了丧钟。

Not staying on par with colleagues and those vying for your job will be a death knell.

不注意跟同事和那些窥探你工作的人做比较，丧钟将为你而鸣。

Economists have long argued that when a country's currency goes up too much, it can be a death knell for economic growth.

经济学家们早就认为，如果一个国家的货币升值幅度太大，就会给该国经济增长敲响丧钟。

The death knell comes in the form of squabbling among a horde of family shareholders.

丧钟以一大群家族股东争吵的形式敲响。

This scientific discovery is probably going to sound the death knell for male deodorant manufacturers.

科学发现男性除臭剂的生产制造商有可能走向破产的边缘。

When tyrants tremble in their fear and hear their death knell ringing , when friends rejoice both far and near how can I keep from singing ?

当暴君听到丧钟敲响恐惧颤栗，当朋友们无论远近都欢欣鼓舞，我怎能不放声歌唱？。

Slowly, the clock ticked toward the hour when trading would begin in Tokyo, sounding the firm's death knell.

时钟慢慢地迫近东京市场的开盘时间，就像是这家公司的丧钟。

Let us sound the death knell for the war effort now!

让我们为战争敲响丧钟而努力吧！

Some analysts have even sounded the death knell for Russia's energy influence in Central Asia, Moscow's traditional back yard.

一些分析师甚至声称，这表示着俄罗斯在中亚地区的传统影响力已经不复存在。

Calling for the creation of a science and technology ministry, he described the current situation as "a death knell for science in Uganda" .

他呼吁建立一个科学技术部。他把当前的形式描述为“乌干达科学的丧钟”。

The price of cereals and the price of calves at the present moment has virtually sounded the death knell of barley beef production.

日前的谷物价格和牛犊价格实际上已经敲响了用大麦生产牛肉的丧钟。

The Coller Capital boss dismisses the idea that the credit crunch has sounded the death knell for private equity.

这位科勒资本的老板驳斥了信贷危机已为私人股本敲响丧钟的观点。

"This court settlement signals the death knell for mercury fillings, " Brown predicted.

“这个庭外和解敲响了汞填充物的丧钟，”Brown预言。

The loss of ice would also be a death knell for polar bears, which rely on ice to hunt and raise their young.

冰层的消失也会给北极熊带来致命打击，因为它们主要依靠在冰面上捕食和哺育后代。

THIS week the death-knell sounded for America's love affair with pick-up trucks and sport-utility vehicles (SUVs).

本周，美国人钟爱皮卡车和运动型汽车（SUV）时代的丧钟敲响。

But the studies are not necessarily a death knell for lightweight dark matter particles, says Hooper.

Hooper表示该研究并不一定是宣告轻量暗物质理论破产的丧钟。

The arrival of large supermarkets has sounded the death knell of the local shop.

大型超市的落成宣告了当地小店的末日。

The election about the economy also sounded the death knell for the Republican culture wars.

选举中关于经济的部分也为共和党的文化战争敲响了丧钟。

Bad news is the death knell for growth stocks, and growth investors should avoid all such stocks.

坏消息对成长型股票来说是丧钟，所以注重成长性的投资者要避开所有这类股票。

Those who sound the death knell of market capitalism are therefore mistaken.

因此，那些敲响市场资本主义丧钟的人错了。

The opening of the ports sounded this death knell of the ancient regime.

港口的开放敲响了这个古老制度的丧钟。

Then there were the give-away texts that spelled the death knell for many marriages.

之后一段时间，泄露的文字信息则敲响了许多婚姻的丧钟。

That kind of post is a death knell for a blog.

这样的帖子就像给博客敲丧钟。

Industry executives are quick to deny that a death knell has sounded over the industry.

业内高管对丧钟已响彻整个行业的说法迅速予以否定。

For some, GM's fall is the final death knell for America's labour aristocracy.

对于某些人来说，通用汽车的垮台为美国劳工贵族敲响了最后的丧钟。

Change is our life-blood, stagnation our death knell.

改变是我们的生命血脉，停滞则如同敲起丧钟。

But a lot of Palestinians wonder if this is the death-knell of their dream of statehood.

然而，还有很多巴勒斯坦人怀疑这是不就是他们建国梦的丧钟。

That is the death knell of the British Empire.

这是不列颠帝国的丧钟。