the kiss of death
基本解释
- 貌似有利却导致失败的行动
英汉例句
- Oh my God, this award is the kiss of death!
哦我的天哪,这个奖真是个死神之吻! - Huffman strongly suggests avoiding threads which in Python are “the kiss of death, a recipe for slowness”.
Huffman强烈建议避免使用线程,在Python中这就是“死亡之吻,缓慢之道”。 - Opponents of the project argued that a rival airport could be the kiss of death for KLIA, which opened in 1998, caters for around 25m passengers a year and aspires to be a regional hub.
该计划的反对者则辩称,一个竞争的机场对吉隆坡国际机场可能是死亡之吻。 吉隆坡国际机场于1998年启用,每年旅客吞吐量约为2500万,一直想成为地区性航空枢纽。 - We still think that genetically engineered crops are good, but out story, it seems, was the kiss of death for the stock.
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ECONOMIST: Hartley Shawcross - Of course, if you deal with the IRS on a regular basis, you know that using a paper app is the kiss of death: be prepared to wait four to six weeks for processing.
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