| 词汇 | death-knell |
| 释义 | death knell noun[ S ] uk /ˈdeθ ˌnel/ us /ˈdeθ ˌnel/ a warning of the end of something: 终结的预兆，完结的信号 sound the death knell forThe opening of the superstore will sound the death knell for (= cause the failure of) hundreds of small independent shops. toll the death knell forThe Suez Crisis tolled the death knell for British and French imperialism. Predicting things and intuition augur augury bellwether betcha bode horizon scanning hunch inkling instinct intuit premonition premonitory presage prescience prescient telepathy there's no knowing/telling/sayingidiom unforeseeable unintuitively unreasoning death knell | American Dictionarydeath knell noun[ C ] us/ˈdeθ ˌnel/ a warning of the end of something: Defeat of this bill sounds a death knell for consumer protection. Examples of death knelldeath knell If plans to produce cellulosic ethanol are carried very far, it could be the deathknell for biodiversity and, with it, humanity's life-support systems. The collaboration of director and designer fell apart, but the deathknell for the door was clearly at hand. Online delivery is not the deathknell for record companies. But the synchro-cyclotron is not a symptom of the thriving state of nuclear physics, more like its deathknell. Assimilation may not be the deathknell of a minority language, but language choice generally means "going with the flow," and the flow is toward the majority language. If it fails and there happens to be a test ban meanwhile, that will be the deathknell of our nuclear effectiveness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When she was elected, she said that it was the deathknell of the poll tax, and she was right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Privatisation of the electricity industry sounded the deathknell of the coal industry and, with it, coal-fired electricity generation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he realise that extending the privatisation principle to the welfare state will sound its deathknell? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Once a fire starts, if it is not brought under control it can be the deathknell of a colliery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Rising costs have reduced the gates and this tax will sound the deathknell for many of these clubs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it does, it almost spells the deathknell of a great number of football clubs throught the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This surely marks the final deathknell of co-ownership. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it may spell the deathknell of the other place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The instruments under discussion certainly do not sound the deathknell of occupational pension schemes—far from it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of death knell These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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