The two companies now have 90% of a $1.7 billion market, in what local news media termed a “kiss of death” to Filipinos.

这两家公司现在占有17亿美元烟草市场份额的90％，当地新闻媒体称烟草为菲律宾人的“死亡之吻”。

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Answer: For many job seekers, a simple job-description statement is the kiss of death: "Three years of relevant experience required."

回答：在许多求职者看来，一项简单的职位描述成了他们的“死亡通知书”：“需要三年相关经验”。

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Again, the loss of interest in a business is almost certainly the kiss of death.

再说一次，失去做生意的兴趣几乎就是死神之吻。

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To be embraced by America is now seen as a kiss of death.

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But all that counts for nothing in the new Indonesia, where having close connections to Suharto has become a kiss of death.

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