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deathdeWnthe end of life死，死亡She lived here for four years before her death. [C]她死前在这住了四年。Their sudden deaths in a car crash shocked everyone. [C]他们意外地在撞车中死去， 令每个人为之震惊。He died a natural death, peacefully at home in the night. [C]夜里他在家中寿终正寝了，死得很平静。It was a traditional picture of Death in the form of a skeleton. [U]这是一张传统的死神图，用一副骷髅来表示。Famous people often receive death threats (= letters or telephone calls from people who threaten to kill them).名人经常受到死亡的恐吓。To death means until you die, or (fig.) a lot.一直到死亡;极度The animals burned to death in the barn.动物们被烧死在牲口棚里。He choked to death on a sweet.他在吃甜食时被噎死了。(old use) The traitor was put to death (= killed as a punishment).那个叛徒被处死了。(fig.) It was really funny. We laughed ourselves to death.这真滑稽。我们都快笑死了。(fig.) The film frightened/scared/worried the children to death.这部影片几乎要把孩子们吓死/令孩子们担忧极了。(fig.)They worked her to death (= made her work very hard).他们简直要累死她了。(fig.) That subject has been discussed/done to death (= it has been discussed so much that it is no longer interesting).那个话题已谈滥了。I am sick to death of it/bored to death with it.我对此已腻了/烦透了。The death of means the cause of the end of life, or the end or destruction of something.致死原因;中止，毁灭The failure of the family business was the death of him.家族事业的败落是他的死因。The court case signalled the death of his hopes for public office.那件案子标志着他追求公职的希望破灭了。That child will be the death of me (= is always doing something which upsets me)!那孩子总令我担惊受怕。If you don't put some warm clothes on, you'll catch your death (of cold) (= become ill).不穿些暖和的衣服，你会得重感冒的。(infml) If you are at death's door, you are very ill.病得很重，行将就木(infml) If you look/feel like death (Br and Aus warmed up/Am warmed over), you do not look/feel well.感到不舒服(Br) To be in at the death is to be present at the important time when something comes to an end.在某件事结束(高潮)时在场The girl made a death-defying (= very dangerous) leap to the ground/dash across the road.那女孩不要命似的跳到地上/冲过马路。(Br) Death duty/duties (Am death tax/Aus also probate) is the informal name for a government tax paid on the property that a dead person has left.遗产税，继承税A death's head is a picture of a human SKULL (= the hard structure of the head) used as a warning of danger or to frighten.象征死亡的骷髅头A death knell is a warning of the end of something.丧钟，事物寿终正寝的信号Some workers saw the machines as a death knell for traditional skills.有些工人视机器为传统技能的丧钟。If something sounds/tolls the death knell, it will soon stop another thing.敲响…的丧钟，标志…的完结The court case sounded the death knell of/for his political ambitions.那件案子敲响了他政治野心的丧钟。The opening of the superstore will toll the death knell for (= cause the failure of) hundreds of small independent shops.超市的兴起将使数百个小型的独立商店倒闭。A death mask is made by pressing wax onto the face of a dead person to get the shape from which a model of the face is produced.死人的面模The death penalty is the legal punishment of particular crimes by death.死刑The death penalty has been abolished in Britain--several votes in parliament have failed to reintroduce it.死刑在英国已被取消，议会中的寥寥几票使死刑无法被重新引入。(esp. Am) Prisoners on death row are waiting in prison to be legally punished by being killed.将要被处死的囚徒的名单A death sentence is a legal punishment of a crime by death.死刑In some countries people caught smuggling drugs are given the death sentence.在某些国家，抓获的毒品走私犯被处以死刑。A death squad is an unofficial armed group who look for and illegally kill particular people, esp. the enemies of a political party.以私刑杀人的小分队The family lived in fear of the death squads.这家人生活在对杀人小分队的惊恐中。We watched the death throes (= process of dying) of the bird which had flown into the window.我们看见了一只飞进窗内的小鸟在垂死挣扎。The death toll is the number of people who died on a particular occasion.死亡人数The day after the explosion the death toll had risen to 90.爆炸发生后的第二天，死亡人数升至90人。A death trap is something that is very dangerous and could cause death.危险物，死亡陷阱The car he met me in was a death trap.他碰到我时所乘的那部车是个死亡陷阱。Empty bottles thrown carelessly away can become death traps for small creatures.随意乱扔的空瓶可能成为一些小生命的死亡陷阱。A death warrant is an official document which says that someone must be killed as a punishment, or (fig.) something that causes the end of an activity.死亡执行令;使某项活动停止的命令(fig.) The cancellation of a large order was a death warrant for the company/signed the company's death warrant (= caused the business to fail).取消大量订单等于宣布了公司的死刑。(fig.) By refusing to take on extra responsibility he signed his own death warrant (= lost his chance of a better job).他因为拒绝承担额外责任而断送了自己的机会。A death wish is a desire for death.求死意愿The chances he takes, you'd think he had a death wish.看他这么冒险，你会以为他想寻死。"Til death do us part" (from the marriage service in The Book of Common Prayer, 1662)“直到死亡把我们分开”(选自《公祷文》中的婚仪用语)"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me" (Bible, Psalm 23)“是的，虽然我行过死亡的幽谷，也不害怕邪恶，因为你与我同在”(《圣经·诗篇》)"Death in Venice" (title of a book by Thomas Mann, 1912)《在威尼斯之死》(书名，由托马斯·曼作) Age
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