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| 1 | C/U the state of being dead 死；死亡 |
| It was clear that Sandra was very close to death. 桑德拉显然离死不远了。 |
| bleed/starve/burn etc to death These people will starve to death unless they receive help soon. 除非马上得到援助，不然这些人很快就会饿死。 |
| stab/kick/beat etc sb to death Two of the prisoners were beaten to death by the guards. 其中两个囚犯被看守打死了。 |
| escape/cheat death (=avoid being killed) The couple narrowly escaped death when their car skidded off the road. 死里逃生 |
| the cause of death The doctor said that the cause of death was brain damage. 医生说死因是脑损伤。 |
| | 1a | an occasion when someone dies 死亡 | | the rising number of deaths on the roads every year 逐年上升的道路交通死亡人数 | | There has recently been a death in their family. 最近他们家里死了一个人。 | | deaths from cancer/disease/traffic accidents etc The programme is aimed at reducing the number of deaths from cancer. 该项目旨在减少癌症的死亡人数。 | |
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| 2 | singular the time when something ends or the fact that it ends 结束；终止；消亡 |
| +of the death of apartheid in South Africa 南非种族隔离制度的终结 |
| spell the death of sth (=cause the end of it) These regulations could spell the death of the industry. 引起某物的消亡 |
| | 2a | to be present when something ends or someone suffers defeat , especially because you are pleased about it （某事）结束时在场，看到（某事）失败（尤指很高兴看到这种结果） | |
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| - | at death’ s door informal
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| very ill and likely to die |
| 病危；行将就木 |
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| - | do sth to death
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| to do something so much that it becomes very boring |
| 过度做某事（以至厌烦） |
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| - | look/feel like death warmed up informal
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| to look or feel very ill |
| 看起来/感觉病得很厉害 |
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| - | to death informal
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| very or very much |
| 很；非常 |
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| be bored/scared/frightened/worried etc to death It went on for hours - we were all bored to death! 这事持续了好几个小时，我们都厌烦得要死！ |
| be sick to death of (=have seen, heard, or had so much of someone or something that you now hate them) I’ m sick to death of people complaining all the time! 对…讨厌得要命 |
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| - | sb/sth will be the death of me often humorous
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| used for saying that someone or something annoys, upsets, or worries you very much |
| 某人/某事物会把我烦死的 |
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| - | you’ ll catch your death (of cold) spoken
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| used for warning someone that if they go outside when it is cold or wet they will become ill |
| 你会得病的（用于告诫某人天冷或下雨时外出会生病） |
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| See also | | - kiss of death | | - matter 1 | |
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