plural deaths
plural deaths
Learner's definition of DEATH
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a [noncount] : the end of life : the time when someone or something dies死；死亡 -
birth, life, and eventual death出生、生活和最终死亡
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fear of death对死亡的恐惧
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She is close to death. [=she will die soon]她生命垂危。
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death threats死亡威胁
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The hostage managed to escape death. [=avoid being killed]人质得以死里逃生。
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The newspaper did not report the cause of death.报纸没有报道死因。
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She was convicted of murder and sentenced/condemned to death. [=told that she would be killed as punishment]她被裁定犯有谋杀罪，被判处死刑。
— see also brain death, death knell at knell b [count] : the ending of a particular person's life生命的终止；去世 -
People around the world mourned his death.世界各地的人们都哀悼他的逝世。
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She worked at the newspaper until her death at (age) 74.她在报社工作至她74岁去世。
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The accident resulted in two deaths.事故造成两人死亡。
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The number of deaths from cancer is rising.癌症致死的人数在不断增加。
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He died a violent/tragic death.他惨遭暴力/不幸而亡。
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There has been a death in the family.那家有人去世。
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She survived the plane crash and many years later died a natural death. [=from natural causes; because she was old]她在坠机事件中幸免于难，许多年后尽其天年。
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The general met his death on the battlefield.那位将军战死沙场。
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[count] : the permanent end of something that is not alive : the ruin or destruction of something终止；灭亡；消亡 -
the death of innocence天真的消逝
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the death of vaudeville歌舞杂耍表演的销声匿迹
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the death of a marriage婚姻的终止
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Death [noncount] literary : the force that ends life and is often shown in art or literature as a skeleton死神（具有夺命的超凡能力，常以骷髅的形象出现在文艺作品中）
a matter of life and death
— see 1life
at death's door
: about to die : very sick and in danger of dying危在旦夕；垂死
be the death of
: to cause (someone) to die致死 —
often used figuratively常用作比喻
catch your death (of cold)
— see 1catch
like death warmed over
(US) informal or British like death warmed up
: very tired or sick很不舒服；累得要命；难受得要死
put to death
◊ A person or animal that is put to death is killed at a scheduled time by someone who is legally allowed to do so.（合法）处死，处决
to death
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used to say how someone died or was killed以…方式死亡 -
He was shot/stabbed to death.他被枪杀/刺死了。
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They froze/starved to death.他们冻死/饿死了。
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She drank herself to death. [=drank a lot of alcohol until it made her so sick that she died]她因酗酒致死。
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: very much : to a great degree非常；极度 -
We were bored/scared to death. [=extremely bored/scared]我们烦/吓得要死。
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That teacher works her students to death. [=she makes them work too hard]老师布置的作业让学生们累得要死。
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He's wonderful! I just love him to death!他太棒了！我简直爱死他了！
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I'm sick to death of hearing about the scandal. [=I don't want to hear anything more about the scandal; I've heard too much about it]这条丑闻我都听了多少回了，烦死了。
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That song has been done to death. [=many musicians have performed that song]那首歌已经被唱烂了。
to the death
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: until someone is dead至死；永远；到底 2
: with all of your energy and effort力争到底 — deathlike
/ˈdɛθˌlaɪk/ adjective