death knell

常见例句

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。
This could sound its death knell—and help Mr Mugabe keep himself and his party afloat.
这种想法会敲响它的死亡丧钟，并且帮助穆加贝和他的政党免于破产。
But instead, we applauded the death knell of both liberty and prosperity and issued in a new chaos, far greater than that of the Roosevelt era, one that might last for untold years and years to come.
然而相反，我们曾为自由和繁荣的丧钟而欢欣雀跃，并引发了一场远比罗斯福时代更严重的混乱，这场混乱已经持续了多年并将继续下去。

Incidentally, sort of side topic: The death knell for a marriage for Gottman This is his big finding.
顺便提一下，一个次要的话题：,对他来说婚姻结束的标志,这是他的大发现。
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The death knell of a marriage is contempt.
婚姻结束的标志是互相蔑视。
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Negative briefing documents from FDA staff hardly represent a death knell for a drug.
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