每日商務英語 第655期:喪鐘

death knell -------- 喪鐘（成語）

英文釋義
(IDIOM) The final event before total failure; an omen of coming doom. (NOTE: knell means the sound of a large bell rung in a solemn manner as an announcement of someone death)

例句
The closure of the small town only factory may be the death knell of the local economy.
這家小鎮工廠的倒閉也許敲響了當地經濟的喪鐘。