coup de grace

noun

1. 最后的一击
   an action or event that finally ends sth that has been getting weaker or worse
   1. My disastrous exam results dealt the coup de grâce to my university career.
      我考试考得一塌糊涂，这就断送了我的大学生涯。
2. （尤指解除痛苦的）致命的一击
   a hit or shot that finally kills a person or an animal, especially to put an end to their suffering

1. N-SING 最后一击;致命一击
   A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
   1. Irving Kristol delivered the coup de grace in a letter dated June 12: they had decided to reject the proposal.
      欧文·克里斯托尔在6月12日的一封信中发出了最后一击：他们已经决定驳回该提议。

1. Irving Kristol delivered the coup de grace in a letter dated June 12: they had decided to reject the proposal.
   欧文·克里斯托尔在6月12日的一封信中发出了最后一击：他们已经决定驳回该提议。
2. But again, that was years ago, he had later proved to beat that specific mechanism, only to know that the final coup de grace would always be a secret until some evil offers his low life.
   但同样，这几年前的事了，后来证明他击败的具体机制，只知道最后一击政变将永远是一个秘密，直到他提供了一些邪恶的寿命低。
3. Poor exam results dealt the coup de grace to his hopes of staying on at university.
   他考试成绩不好，继续念大学的希望一下子破灭了。
4. Considering the size, this could be Mr Buffet's coup de grace on the deal world.
   从这笔交易的规模看，这可能是巴菲特在交易界决定性的一击。
5. The final coup de grace. I told jimmy.
   最后的致命一击，我告诉吉米。
6. Jane's affair was the coup de grace to her disintegrating marriage.
   简的风流韵事结束了她正在破碎的婚姻。
7. This became a major problem for the Union and the coup de grace was delivered by the unprecedented financing needs brought on by the First World War.
   这成为一个重大问题，为联盟和德恩典政变作了前所未有融资需求第一次世界大战带来的。
8. When the prisoner was being tortured, the executioner ran forward to give a coup de grace to put him out of his misery.
   那犯人痛苦万分，刽子手见状便跑上前去补了一枪使其不再受苦。

noun

1. the blow that kills (usually mercifully)

   Synonym:    deathblow