kibosh
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈkaɪ.bɒʃ]
- 美式音标 [ˈkaɪ.bɑːʃ]
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基本解释
- v.阻止
- n.結束，終止；衚說
英汉例句
- Heart disease, high blood pressure and other health problems can put the kibosh on desire.
心髒病、高血壓和其他健康問題會降低人們對性生活的渴望。 - Israel could seek to kibosh the arrangement, for instance by continuing to refuse to let the Palestinians receive customs revenue that it previously agreed to pass on.
以色列可以伺機破壞有關安排，例如，它可以不履行先前的承諾，繼續拒絕將關稅收入交予巴勒斯坦。 - KKR first tried to go public in 2007, shortly after Blackstone listed. A deteriorating economy put the kibosh on those plans.
KKR原計劃在2007年緊隨黑石集團上市，但持續惡化的經濟形勢打亂了這一計劃。 - You'd better hope the President's more sensible advisers put the kibosh on this nonsense.
FORBES: Magazine Article - The IRS has already put the kibosh on rumors that sequestration might push the due date out.
FORBES: Tax Day Remains April 15, 2013, Despite Holidays And Hopes For Extensions - Marketing budgets were the first to get cut at retrenching businesses--and that put the kibosh on press releases.
FORBES: Magazine Article
雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- to spoil or destroy an idea or plan
- If someone or something puts the kibosh on your plans or activities, they cause them to fail or prevent them from continuing.