kiss of death
基本解释
- n. 死亡之吻（表面看上去有益但实际上具有毁灭性的行为或事务）
英汉例句
- It would prove to be a kiss of death.
远不止如此，这一吻后来也被视作东德的死亡之吻。 - Stress can be the kiss of death or the spice of life. The issue, really, is how to manage it.
压力可以是死亡之吻也可以是生活中的一剂调味料，关键是你怎样去掌控它。 - So this thwack is hardly the kiss of death for Goldman or even major damage to its business model.
所以这个重击对高盛而言并非死亡之吻，甚至对它的业务模式也没有重大伤害。 - Coming up, when a smooch on the lips can turn into an actual kiss of death.
NPR: Iran's Response to International Pressure over Nukes - To be embraced by America is now seen as a kiss of death.
ECONOMIST: United Nations - We still think that genetically engineered crops are good, but out story, it seems, was the kiss of death for the stock.
FORBES: Monsanto Shares Get a Shakedown. Is the Worst Still To Come?
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- the kiss of death 要命的东西;死亡之吻;毒女;帮倒忙
- a kiss of death 死亡之吻;表面上友好
- Kiss of the Death 死亡之吻
- Kiss Of Death C 死亡之吻
- Dazzling words kiss of death 让某件事失败的因素
短语
英英字典
- If you describe something as the kiss of death, you mean that it is certain to cause something else to fail.
- If you say that a particular event is the kiss of death for something, you mean that it is certain to make them fail or be a disaster.
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专业释义
- 死亡之吻