单词death knell
na.: 丧钟
网络: 死忙钟响
丧钟；死亡的征兆；预示毁灭的事件:
an event that means that the end or destruction of sth will come soon
丧钟
n.finishend pointpoint of no returnfinal blowlast straw
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。