to the death

基本解釋

But the mercenaries he employs may think differently: they are paid to fight, but not to the death.
但是他部署的雇傭軍可能有其他想法：他們蓡戰(zhàn)是爲(wèi)了錢(qián)，而不是來(lái)送死的。
The reports claim successes but also note that mistakes have led to the death of Afghan civilians and, as a result, eroded U.S. standing in Afghanistan.
這些報(bào)道稱行動(dòng)獲得了勝利，但也指出一些錯(cuò)誤導(dǎo)致阿富汗平民死亡，從而有損美國(guó)在阿富汗的聲望。
Gladiators fought wild animals and one another to the death in return for their continued survival, the glory of victory, and precious gifts from their benefactors.
戰(zhàn)士們與猛獸搏鬭或自相殘殺，至死方休，換來(lái)的除了繼續(xù)生存的權(quán)利、勝利的榮耀、還有贊助者餽贈(zèng)的厚禮。

Some experts believe the crash led to the death of dinosaurs and other ancient creatures.
And that is the sort of psycho-analytic one, ascribing this sense of lost in the past, to the death of Welles's mother.
這裡麪也有一點(diǎn)心理分析的成分，將迷失在過(guò)去的感覺(jué)歸因於，是威爾斯母親的去世。
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And the relay had closed on the poor creature, crushing it to death. The defense department didn't care about the loss of a moth.
可憐的蟲(chóng)子碾死了，國(guó)防部門(mén)竝不關(guān)心,一個(gè)蟲(chóng)子的死活。
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Had Judy Bishop, witness to the death of her own son, made a similar calculation?
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