death

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  • n. 死；死亡；毁灭；死因
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详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 死，死亡，惨死
    2. 死神
    3. 毁灭，破灭
    4. 致死的原因，死因
    5. 死状
    6. 死法
    7. 结束
    8. 褫夺公权
    9. 死刑
    10. 绝灭，消灭，永久的灭亡
    11. 死亡状态
    12. 生命的终止
    n. (名词)
    1. [C][U]死,死亡,死亡时刻; 死法; 死状 the end of the life; time or manner of dying
    2. [C]死因 the cause of loss of life
    3. [S]毁灭,消失,终止 destruction or disappearance
    4. [U]死神 the destroyer of life

英英释义

Noun:
  1. the event of dying or departure from life;

    "her death came as a terrible shock"
    "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"

  2. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism;

    "the animal died a painful death"

  3. the absence of life or state of being dead;

    "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"

  4. the time when something ends;

    "it was the death of all his plans"
    "a dying of old hopes"

  5. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead;

    "she stayed until his death"
    "a struggle to the last"

  6. the personification of death;

    "Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city"

  7. a final state;

    "he came to a bad end"
    "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

  8. the act of killing;

    "he had two deaths on his conscience"

双语例句

1. It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty.
这是间谍罪，应判死刑。

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2. A young man plunged from a sheer rock face to his death.
一名男青年从陡峭的岩壁上坠崖身亡。

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3. Bishop Daly said he was devastated by news of the Cardinal's death.
戴利主教说他听到红衣主教去世的消息后感到极为震惊和难过。

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4. Accidents are still the number one cause of premature death for Americans.
交通事故仍然是造成美国人过早死亡的头号因素。

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5. The auguries of death are fast gathering round his head.
死亡凶兆迅速地在他脑海中盘旋。

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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The seedling was frozen to death.
      幼苗被冻死了。
    2. The farm came to him on his father's death.
      他父亲死时把农场留给他了。
    3. The film ends with the death of the heroine.
      这部电影以女主角的死告终。
    4. Car accidents caused many deaths.
      车祸造成很多人死亡。
    5. He had to choose between death and dishonour.
      他必须在死亡和屈辱之间作出选择。
    6. That defeat meant the death of all my hopes.
      那次失败毁灭了我所有的希望。
    7. There are conflicting versions of the girl's death.
      女孩死因的说法相互矛盾。
    8. The policeman wanted to determine her death.
      那名警察想要查明她的死因。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Death comes to all men.
      人皆有死。
    2. All men must die, but death can vary in its significance.
      人总是要死的,但死的意义有所不同。
    3. Her death was a real grief.
      她的去世实在令人痛心。
    4. His wife's death was a great blow to him.
      他妻子去世对他是一个沉重的打击。
    5. The alternatives are death and submission.
      或死或降,任选其一。
    6. He was willing to risk death to save his friend.
      他甘愿冒死去救朋友。
    7. The Supreme Court is expected to uphold the death sentence.
      预计最高法院将维持死刑的原判。
    8. After death, the king's body was interred in a specially constructed tomb.
      那国王死后被安葬在一座特别建筑的坟墓里。
    9. The sick man is in danger of death.
      这位病人有死亡的危险。
    10. March 6 is the date of his death.
      他死的日期是3月6日。
    11. The news of his death filled her with despair.
      他去世的消息使她绝望了。
    12. She described how she had narrowly escaped death.
      她叙述了她九死一生的经历。
    13. If their identity should be discovered, it would mean sure death.
      万一他们的身份被发觉,那就免不了一死。
    14. They avenged his death by burning the village.
      他们烧毁村子,为他的死复仇。
    15. The worker was scalded to death when the boiler exploded.
      锅炉爆炸时那个工人被开水烫死。
    16. The chief of the police force spread the word that he would put to death all the arrested student representatives.
      警察长扬言要枪毙这些被捕的学生代表。
    17. Jack was sentenced to death for murdering his wife.
      杰克因谋杀他的妻子被判处死刑。
    18. Drink will be the death of him.
      酗酒将会要他的命。
    19. Oh, don't make me laugh any more or you'll be the death of me.
      啊!别再让我笑了,不然非笑死我不可。
    20. The protest will die a slow death.
      抗议将会慢慢平息。
    21. Death is often shown in pictures as a human skeleton.
      死神常被画成骷髅。

用法讲解

n. (名词)
  1. death的基本意思是“死,死亡”,也可表示“死亡时刻; 死法; 死状”“死因”,既可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词。
  2. death也可表示“死亡的状态”,是不可数名词。
  3. death也可表示“毁灭,消失,终止”,是不可数名词,不可用于复数。
  4. death首字母大写时意为“死神”。
  5. deaths指两个或更多人的死亡,但在of前面或在所有格后面多用单数形式,若用复数形式,意在强调各人个别的死。
n. (名词)
to death, to the death
  • 两者意思不同:前者作“十分”“很”解; 而后者是“直到死; 到最后”的意思。
    • 用作名词 (n.)
    as pale as death
      面无人色 very pale
    at death's door
      就要死掉 dying
    be sick to death of
      对…极厌倦 feel very tired about sth
    catch one's death
      得致命的感冒 catch a chill bad cold
    dice with death
      冒生命危险 risk on life
    die the death
      突然停止 stop suddenly
    do to death
      把…重复得令人厌烦 overdo; overexpose
      do sth to death

      The television companies have done to death the coverage of the election,I'm tired of it already.

      电视公司把选举的报道重复得令人生厌,我早已感到厌倦了。

      I used to like that song once, but now it's been done to death; every singer has made a record of it.

      我过去一直很喜欢那首歌,可现在它老是重复着唱令人生厌; 每一个歌手都录制了这首歌。

    feel like death warmed up
      感到筋疲力尽 feel exhausted
    in at the death
      看到事情的结局 present at the very end
    put to death
      处死,杀死 kill
      put sb to death

      The blood-sucker was put to death by the peasants there and then.

      噬血的资本家立即被农民杀掉了。

    tickle to death
      非常高兴 highly amused
      tickle sb to death

      We were all tickled to death at the antics of the clowns.

      看到小丑的滑稽动作,我们乐极了。

    to death
      极其,非常 very
    to the death
      到底,至死 until sb is defeated or killed
    work to death
      把…累垮; 把…损坏 force sb/sth to work excessively
      work sb/sth to death

      The company expects hard work, but refuses to work its employees to death.

      公司要求工作勤奋,但不想把雇员累垮。

      The engine had been worked to death and was in need of major repairs.

      这个引擎已被用坏了,需要大修。

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