coup de grâce
- IPA[ˌko͞o də ˈɡräs]
美式
- a final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal;an action or event that serves as the culmination of a bad or deteriorating situation
noun: coup de grâce, plural noun: coups de grâce
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a final blow or shot given to kill a wounded person or animal he administered the coup de grâce with a knife
- ▪ an action or event that serves as the culmination of a bad or deteriorating situation the epidemic has been the