coup de grace

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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. 致命的一击; 毁灭性的一击[正式]

  Irving Kristol delivered the coup de grace in a letter dated June 12: they had decided to reject the proposal. 欧文•克里斯托尔在6月12日的一封信中发出了最后一击：他们已决定驳回该建议。

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