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

• If its stem cells are eradicated, the rest of a tumour may die off.
  若肿瘤干细胞被消灭，则其余部分也会相继死亡。
• There have been reports of poultry die off in her village and the case is reported to have had exposure to dead poultry.
  有报告称，病人所在的村庄有家禽死亡情况。据报告，病人曾与病禽有过接触。
• When we take a species out of its native home and transport it elsewhere, it may face new challenges and die off, or it may find itself virtually unencumbered by constraining forces.
  如果我们让一个物种离开原产地，运到别处去，那么在新环境中，这个物种可能会遭遇到新的威胁而相继死亡，也可能发现几乎没有任何一种可以制约自己的力量。
• For some reason, people occasionally predict the same outcome from giving away software: Everyone will use the free software, but no one will contribute, and it'll die off from bitrot.
  出于某些原因，人们有时会预测出关于白送软件的一个共同结果：所有人都使用自由软件，但是没有人会贡献，而最终它将消失。
• 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。
• 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。
• Researchers isolated two proteins, known as CCSA-3 and CCSA-4, that appear to be released into the bloodstream when some of the cancer cells in a tumor die off.
  研究人员分离出两种蛋白命名为CCSA-3和CCSA-4，这两种蛋白似乎在肿瘤一些癌细胞死亡后被释放入血流。
• 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。
• Maybe some day we'll just die off.
  也许有一天我们就会死去。
• 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。