death blow

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈdeath blow noun [singular]  an action or event that makes something fail or end 导致失败的事；致命一击 → death knell His decision to leave the show has delivered a death blow to the series. 他的弃演决定给这部连续剧以致命一击。

Examples from the Corpus

death blow• Neither, however, will be a death blow.• Was it however so paradoxical as to have dealt a death blow to the theory?• The fact that they have seen nothing is by no means an immediate death blow for all grand unified theories.• The death blow to drug chic actually may have been struck by a fast-food chain.• The death blow to the Aksumite kingdom came in the tenth century from unassimilated Agaw in the south.

ˈdeath blow nounChineseSyllable  

an something fail or Corpus event that action makes end or

death blow
ˈdeath blow noun [singular]
an action or event that makes something fail or end ⇨ death knell:
    His decision to leave the show has delivered a death blow to the series.

death blowBrE /ˈdeθ bləʊ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdeθ bloʊ/ 🔊 nounan event that destroys or puts an end to sth 导致毁灭的事情；致命的一击◆They thought the arrival of television would deal a death blow to mass cinema audiences. 他们认为电视的问世将使观众涌向影院的现象不复存在。🔊🔊