death
noun /deθ/
/deθ/
Idioms - [countable] the fact of somebody dying or being killed
死；死亡 - the anniversary of his wife’s death
他妻子的忌日 - his sudden/untimely/premature death
他的突然/过早/过早死亡 - the tragic death of a child
一个孩子的悲惨死亡 - The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
陪审团作出意外死亡的正式裁决。 - It is believed she died a violent death.
据信她是暴死的。 - He suffered a slow and painful death.
他遭受了缓慢而痛苦的死亡。 - death from something an increase in deaths from cancer
癌症死亡人数的增加
Topics Life stagesa2- He met his death two years later.
他两年后死了。 - He witnessed the death of his mother from tuberculosis.
他目睹了自己的母亲死于肺结核。 - Her death came at the age of 82.
她离世时 82 岁。 - How far would they go to avenge the death of their friend?
为了替死去的朋友报仇，他们会走多远？ - More deaths occur in winter.
冬天死亡的人较多。 - More than 30% of all cancer deaths in the country can be attributed to smoking.
这个国家三成多的癌症死亡都与吸烟有关。 - Obesity is a leading cause of preventable deaths.
在可预防的死亡中，肥胖是罪魁祸首。 - On Samuel's death, the farm passed to his sons.
塞缪尔一死，农场就传给了几个儿子。 - Police report a decrease in violent deaths.
警方报告暴力死亡人数有所减少。 - Police are not treating the death as suspicious.
警方认为那人的死亡没有可疑之处。 - Women accounted for 2% of all combat deaths.
女性占全部战斗死亡人数的 2%。 - She faked her own death so he couldn't find her.
她假装自己已经死了，让他无法找到。 - The bombing resulted in many civilian deaths.
轰炸造成很多平民丧生。 - They are still mourning the death of their daughter.
他们仍在哀悼他们的女儿。 - The brutal attack resulted in the man's death.
粗暴的殴打导致这个人死亡。 - Two deaths from cholera have been reported.
已报道了两例霍乱引起的死亡。 - a service to commemorate the death of thousands of soldiers
纪念数千位阵亡将士的仪式 - an increase in drug overdose deaths
药物过量致死人数的增加 - The annual total of road deaths is falling.
每年的道路死亡总数正在下降。 - The president's untimely death has thrown the country into chaos.
总统意外过世，使国家陷入混乱。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- early
- premature
- untimely
- …
- bring
- cause
- lead to
- …
- come
- happen
- occur
- …
- rate
- count
- toll
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- after (somebody’s) death
- at death
- before (somebody’s) death
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- cause of death
- a matter of life and death
- a matter of life or death
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- the anniversary of his wife’s death
- [uncountable] the end of life; the state of being dead
生命的终止；死亡状态 - Police are trying to establish the cause of death.
警方在设法确定死因。 - The disease can cause death unless the patient is treated promptly.
除非病人得到及时治疗，否则这种疾病会导致死亡。 - Do you believe in life after death?
你相信来世吗？ - He was sentenced to death (= to be executed).
他被判处死刑。 - to death Millions of people starved to death (= were killed by lack of food).
数百万人饿死了。 - He's drinking himself to death (= so that it will kill him).
他这样喝酒非醉死不可。 - to beat/kick/stab, etc. somebody to death
敲打/踢/刺等。某人死亡
- Four prisoners were under sentence of death.
4 名囚犯被判处死刑。 - Touching the wires means instant death.
触碰电线可导致立刻死亡。 - death by starvation
饿死 - Poor living conditions can lead to early death.
恶劣的居住条件会导致早亡。 - a verdict of accidental death
意外死亡的裁决 - He had been miraculously saved from almost certain death.
他奇迹般地从死亡线上获救。 - People can sue for wrongful death.
人们可以就非正常死亡提起诉讼。 - It was clear that the dog was near death.
很明显那条狗快死了。 - His face looked more peaceful in death than it had during his last days.
他死去时脸上的表情比最后的日子里平静得多。 - Incest was punishable by death.
以前乱伦罪可判处死刑。 - The average age at death of plague victims was 14.
瘟疫受害者的平均死亡年龄是 14 岁。 - The actor has received death threats since appearing in the controversial film.
这名演员自从出演了那部有争议的电影后就不断遭到死亡恐吓。 - a death notice in the newspaper
报纸上的一则讣告 - Your next of kin will receive death benefit if you die in an accident.
意外死亡者的近亲会得到死亡保险金。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- early
- premature
- untimely
- …
- bring
- cause
- lead to
- …
- come
- happen
- occur
- …
- rate
- count
- toll
- …
- after (somebody’s) death
- at death
- before (somebody’s) death
- …
- cause of death
- a matter of life and death
- a matter of life or death
- …
- Police are trying to establish the cause of death.
- [uncountable] the stopping of biochemical processes of life in a cell or tissue, in a way that cannot be reversed
死亡： 以无法逆转的方式停止细胞或组织中生命的生化过程- This process becomes irreversible and leads to cell death.
这个过程变得不可逆，导致细胞死亡。
- This process becomes irreversible and leads to cell death.
- [uncountable] death of something the permanent end or destruction of something
永久的灭亡；毁灭；破灭 - the death of all my plans
我所有计划的破灭 - the death of fascism
法西斯主义的灭亡 - By 1740 European feudalism was in its death throes.
到 1740 年，欧洲的封建主义摇摇欲坠。 - Delivering on time is a matter of life and death for a small company.
是否按订单准时交货对小公司来说关乎存亡。
- the death of all my plans
- (also Death)[uncountable] (literary) the power that destroys life, imagined as human in form
死神 - Death is often shown in paintings as a human skeleton.
死神在绘画作品中常以骷髅形式出现。 - Death marched in and took him away.
死神走了进来，带走了他。
see also sudden death - Death is often shown in paintings as a human skeleton.
词源Old English dēath, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch dood and German Tod, also to die.
Idioms
at death’s door
- (often humorous) so ill that you may die
（因病重）生命危在旦夕；病危 - I suppose you won’t be coming to the party if you’re at death’s door!
我想如果你已经奄奄一息了，你就不会来参加聚会了。
- I suppose you won’t be coming to the party if you’re at death’s door!
be the death of somebody
- (informal) to worry or upset somebody very much
让某人担心得要命；使某人深感不安 - Those kids will be the death of me.
为那些孩子操心会把我累死。
- Those kids will be the death of me.
catch your death (of cold)
- (old-fashioned, informal) to catch a very bad cold
患重感冒
cheat death
- (often used in newspapers
常用于报章 死里逃生；幸免于难
dice with death
- (informal) to risk your life by doing something that you know is dangerous
冒生命危险；玩命
die a/the death
- (British English, informal) to fail completely
彻底失败；完全消失 - The play got terrible reviews and quickly died a death.
这出戏被批得一无是处，很快就收场了。
- The play got terrible reviews and quickly died a death.
do something to death
- to do or perform something so often that people become tired of seeing or hearing it
做烦了；看腻了；听厌了 - That joke's been done to death.
那个笑话都听腻了。
- That joke's been done to death.
a fate worse than death
- (often humorous) a terrible thing that could happen
（可能发生的）极可怕的事 - At the last minute the hero saves her from a fate worse than death.
在最后一刻，英雄将她从比死亡更糟糕的命运中拯救出来。
- Getting married seemed a fate worse than death.
结婚似乎比死还要难受。 - Obeying her parents' wishes for her life seemed a fate worse than death.
她一辈子都听从父母的安排，真还不如死了呢。
- At the last minute the hero saves her from a fate worse than death.
fight to the death/finish
- to fight until one of the two people or groups is dead, or until one person or group defeats the other
把某人吓得要命 - The soldiers were prepared to fight to the death if they had to.
士兵们做好了在不得已的情况下战斗到死的准备。
- The soldiers were prepared to fight to the death if they had to.
flog something to death
- (British English, informal) to use an idea, a story, etc. so often that it is no longer interesting
多次重复（想法、故事等）而使人失去兴趣 - The story has been flogged to death in the press.
这个故事在报纸上被大肆报道。
- The story has been flogged to death in the press.
frighten/scare somebody to death
- (informal) to frighten somebody very much
把某人吓得要命 - Spiders frighten him to death.
蜘蛛吓死他了。
- Spiders frighten him to death.
hang/hold on for/like grim death (British English)
(also hang/hold on for dear life North American English, British English)
- (informal) to hold somebody/something very tightly or keep something in a very determined way because you are afraid
（害怕得）死死抓住不放，紧紧抓住不松手 - You get a job, then you get a mortgage and then you hang on like grim death to your job to pay off the mortgage.
你得到了一份工作，然后你得到了一笔抵押贷款，然后你拼命保住你的工作来偿还抵押贷款。
- You get a job, then you get a mortgage and then you hang on like grim death to your job to pay off the mortgage.
the kiss of death
- (informal, especially humorous) an event that seems good, but is certain to make something else fail
貌似有利却肯定会在别处导致失利的事物；表面有利实则有害的事物 - An award can be the kiss of death for a writer.
对于一个作家来说，一个奖项可能是死亡之吻。 - That TV commercial was the kiss of death to his career as a serious actor.
他做的那则电视广告实际上毁了他作为严肃演员的事业。
- An award can be the kiss of death for a writer.
life after death
- the possibility or belief that people continue to exist in some form after they die
来世；来生 - Do you believe in life after death?
你相信来世吗？
- Do you believe in life after death?
look/feel like death warmed up (British English)
(North American English like death warmed over)
- (informal) to look or feel very ill or tired
看起来病得厉害（或疲惫不堪）；感到很不舒服（或累得要命）
a matter of life and/or death
- used to describe a situation that is very important or serious
生死攸关的事；成败的关键 - You mustn't let anyone know— it's a matter of life and death.
你千万别告诉任何人－这可是件生死攸关的事。 - These talks are a matter of life or death for the factory.
这些谈话对工厂来说是生死攸关的事情。
- You mustn't let anyone know— it's a matter of life and death.
put somebody to death
- to kill somebody as a punishment
处死；处决 - The prisoner will be put to death at dawn.
囚犯将在黎明时被处死。
- The prisoner will be put to death at dawn.
to death
- extremely; very much
极度；非常 - to be bored to death
腻烦得要命 - I'm sick to death of your endless criticism.
你这无休止的指责真让我烦死了。
- to be bored to death
to the death
- until somebody is dead
至死；到底；永远 - a fight to the death
战斗到底
- a fight to the death