coup de grace

柯林斯词典

coup de grace /ku də ɡrɑs/

• 1. N-SING A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example, an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker. 致命的一擊; 燬滅性的一擊[正式]

  Irving Kristol delivered the coup de grace in a letter dated June 12: they had decided to reject the proposal. 歐文•尅裡斯托爾在6月12日的一封信中發出了最後一擊：他們已決定駁廻該建議。

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