| 单词 | quick kill |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquick kill quick kill n. a sudden or rapid victory (cf. kill n.1 2). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > ultimate success or victory > sudden or rapid quick kill1915 1915 M. E. McLoughlin Tennis as I play It iii. 63 Without opportunity for the perfect poise and ‘set’ which the slower turf courts afford, he strives for a quick ‘kill’ rather than to work his player out of position at the end of a long rally. 1969 Listener 14 Aug. 221/3 Wilson..lost interest in the ‘quick kill’ approach and tried to make a deal with Smith. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 382 James Callaghan, for example, said he thought that..we should try to get a quick kill... In that case the preparations for the quick kill should have taken place before U.D.I. 1989 W. Adams & J. W. Brock Dangerous Pursuits ii. v. 61 According to Fred L. Hartley, president of Unocal, and the target of a hostile takeover raid, junk bonds ‘are weapons created and used solely for the corporate quick kill’. < as lemmas |
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