die off

英 [daɪ ɒf]

美 [daɪ ɔːf]

（一组生命体）一个接一个地死去直到死光

英英释义

verb

• become extinct
  1. Dinosaurs died out
  Synonym:die out

双语例句

• By then, Japan's population will have shrunk by around 20 million people, an unprecedented die off for a nation neither at war or blighted by famine.
  到那时日本人口将缩减至2000万人，对于一个期间既没有经历战争也没有遭遇饥荒的国家来说，这种人口缩减是史无前例的。
• Initial findings indicate poultry die off in the vicinity of the case's home in the week prior to the onset of illness.
  初步结论表明在该病例发病前一周内，其住所附近有禽类死亡。
• Perhaps it would be better to allow them to die off and fertilize the garden naturally.
  但留下它们是为你菜园施肥的最好方式。
• In like manner, because of factors like acidity of rain, weather shock in insects or even bacteria in the soil, even plants and animals familiar to an area may succumb, and die off.
  同样地，即使作物和动物处在与过去相似的环境里，但某些象酸雨、遭受病虫害或土壤里微生物的侵害等因素也会令他们无法招架或死亡。
• Pollution from sewage or farm waste can cause excess algae growth, starving the water of oxygen and causing fish and other species to die off.
  从下水道或者农场里出来的污染水引起藻类的过度生长，造成水里的氧气严重缺失，以至于鱼类和别的物种相继死去。
• Each time it drained, it caused entire species of sea plants and creatures to die off.
  每次干涸，它都会造成整个海洋植物和动物的消亡。
• When in the laboratory bacteria outrun the substances on which they feed, they die off.
  无需在远远的实验室里等到细菌生长就可以得到测试结果。
• In doing so, the cancer cells die off naturally, without the need for harmful and expensive chemotherapy.
  在这个过程中，癌细胞就会自然死亡，使患者不必经历对身体伤害极大又十分昂贵的化疗过程。
• Thos who can't adapt die off, while those who survive are of the best stock.
  不能适应的都死掉了，能够活过来的，就是优良的品种。
• Basil is a tender annual, and will die off quickly in cold weather.
  罗勒是每年招标，并将迅速没落寒冷天气。