| 释义 |
coup de grâce
[ˌku:.də'grɑ:s] formal
noun only singular
■an action which ends something that has been gradually getting worse or which kills a person or animal in order to end their suffering 致命一击；（为免除人或动物的痛苦而给予的）慈悲一击•Jane's affair was the coup de grâce to her disintegrating marriage.简的婚外情终结了她本已破碎的婚姻。 |