英语词汇death怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

death

deθ  dɛθ 

Word forms: plural deaths

1 N-VAR 死;死亡 Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal. 死;死亡

1.5 million people are in immediate danger of death from starvation.

150 万人正面临着被饿死的急迫危险。
...the thirtieth anniversary of her death.

她逝世 30 周年的纪念日
The report mentions the death of 18 people in suspicious circumstances.

那份报告提到 18 人死亡情况可疑。
There had been a death in the family.

家里有人过世了。

SYN dying, demise [euphemistic] , bereavement, end

2 N-COUNT (某种）死法，死亡方式 A particular kind of death is a particular way of dying. (某种）死法，死亡方式

They made sure that he died a horrible death.

他们让他死得很惨。
He would rather have a decent death which served some purpose than a meaningless death.

他宁愿死得其所，也不想无谓地死去。

3 N-SING 终结;结束;灭亡;破灭 The death of something is the permanent end of it. 终结;结束;灭亡;破灭

It meant the death of everything he had ever been or ever hoped to be.

这意味着他过去的一切存在或曾经希望的存在均已终结。
...the death of pop music.

流行音乐的死亡

SYN destruction, ending, finish, ruin

4 PHRASE 病危;行将就木 If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die. 病危;行将就木 [informal]

He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death's door.

他向老板谎称自己的母亲病危。
My dad was the same. He could be at death's door but wouldn't say a word.

我爸爸也一样。他就算已经病得快不行了也还是会一声不吭。

SYN dying, going, sinking, passing

5 PHRASE 斗争到底;誓死捍卫 If you say that you will fight to the death for something, you are emphasizing that you will do anything to achieve or protect it, even if you suffer as a consequence. 斗争到底;誓死捍卫 [emphasis]

He said they did not want war—but if attacked they would fight to the death.

他说他们不希望有战争—但一旦遭到攻击，定会战斗到底。
She'd have fought to the death for that child.

她会为了那个孩子抗争到底。

6 PHRASE 生死决斗;殊死决战 If you refer to a fight or contest as a fight to the death, you are emphasizing that it will not stop until the death or total victory of one of the opponents. 生死决斗;殊死决战 [emphasis]

...an eleven-hour fight to the death between a baboon and leopard.

一只狒狒和一头美洲豹之间长达 11小时的殊死搏斗
He now faces a fight to the death to reach the quarter-finals.

他现在面临一场杀入四分之一决赛的殊死决战。

7 PHRASE 生死攸关的;至关重要的 If you say that something is a matter of life and death, you are emphasizing that it is extremely important, often because someone may die or suffer great harm if people do not act immediately. 生死攸关的;至关重要的 [emphasis]

Well, never mind, John, it's not a matter of life and death.

好了，约翰，别太在意了。这又不是什么生死攸关的大事。
We're dealing with a life-and-death situation here.

我们正面临一个生死关头。
It is only a hobby, not a life or death struggle.

这只是一项爱好，不需要拼死拼活地努力。

8 PHRASE 被处死;被处决 If someone is put to death, they are executed. 被处死;被处决 [formal]

Those put to death by firing squad included three generals.

行刑队处决的那些人里有 3 名将军。

9 PHRASE (用于动词后）以致死亡 You use to death after a verb to indicate that a particular action or process results in someone's death. (用于动词后）以致死亡

He was stabbed to death.

他被刀刺中身亡。
...relief missions to try to keep the country's population from starving to death.

努力确保该国人民不被饿死的救援任务
He almost bled to death after the bullet severed an artery.

子弹穿过动脉，他失血过多几乎性命不保。

10 PHRASE (用于形容词或动词后，表示强调)吓得要死/无聊得要命 You use to death after an adjective or a verb to emphasize the action, state, or feeling mentioned. For example, if you are frightened to death or bored to death, you are extremely frightened or bored. (用于形容词或动词后，表示强调)吓得要死/无聊得要命

He scares teams to death with his pace and power.

他的速度之快、力量之大让其他队胆战不已。
Whereas 10 years ago I would have worried myself to death about it, now I accept it is part of the game.

10 年前我会为此担心得要命，但现在我接受了它是游戏的一部分。
I went out last night, but not for very long. I was bored to death.

昨晚我出去了，但没有呆很久。我感觉无聊透了。

11 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 使…累死累活地工作（或劳动） If you say that someone works another person to death, you are emphasizing that they make them work very hard indeed, especially in a way that seems cruel or unfair. 使…累死累活地工作（或劳动） [emphasis]

They worked themselves to death but never lost their humour.

他们累死累活地干活，但却从没有丢掉幽默感。

Quotations

Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return Bible: Genesis

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee John Donne LXXX Sermons

To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead Samuel Butler Notebooks

Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist Epicurus letter to Menoeceus

Death hath so many doors to let out life John Fletcher The Custom of the Country

I could not look on Death, which being known,
Men led me to him, blindfold and alone Rudyard Kipling Epitaphs of the War

One dies only once, and it's for such a long time Molière Le Dépit Amoureux

I want death to find me planting my cabbages, but caring little for it, and even less for the imperfections of my garden Montaigne Essais

Anyone can stop a man's life, but no one his death; a thousand doors open on to it Seneca Phoenissae

Death hath ten thousand doors
For men to take their exits John Webster The Duchess of Malfi

After the first death, there is no other Dylan Thomas A refusal to mourn the death, by fire, of a child in London

Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it Francis Bacon Essays

Fear death? - to feel the fog in my throat,
The mist in my face Robert Browning Prospice

Death never takes the wise man by surprise; he is always ready to go Jean de la Fontaine Fables

If there wasn't death, I think you couldn't go on Stevie Smith

My name is Death: the last best friend am I Robert Southey The Curse of Kehama

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Bible: I Corinthians

It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death Anaxandrides fragment

Fear of death is worse than death itself William Shakespeare King Lear

I have been half in love with easeful death John Keats Ode to a Nightingale

How wonderful is death,
Death and his brother sleep! Percy Bysshe Shelley Queen Mab

Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil Bible: Psalm 23

Death be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so John Donne Holy Sonnets

We all labour against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseases Thomas Browne Religio Medici

Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down Anon.

Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other Francis Bacon Essays

Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them Margaret Mitchell Gone with the Wind

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval George Santayana Soliloquies in England

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes Benjamin Franklin letter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy

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ADJ.

accidental death, violent death 1

sudden death 1 2

brush with death, someone's death, death threat 1

cause of death 1 2

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