death
/deθ/
n.
一句话记住
死亡;去世
释义与例句
n.
死亡;去世
the end of the life of a person or animal
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The community was saddened by the death of its oldest resident.
这位最年长居民的去世让社区的人们深感悲痛。
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The report investigates the causes of deaths on rural roads.
报告调查了农村公路上的死亡事故原因。
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His sudden death shocked everyone who had worked with him.
他的突然离世令所有与他共事过的人震惊。
词源与构词
记忆钩子
death 是名词,词尾 th 读 /θ/;比较 die(动词)、dead(形容词)、death(名词),叙述“某人去世了”用 somebody died,dead 不能单独充当这一谓语。
词族与关联词
词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
反义词
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birth 出生;诞生birth 指生命开始,death 指生命终结;在人口统计中常见 births and deaths,日常谈“某人去世”则用 somebody's death。The registry records both births and deaths. 登记处记录出生和死亡信息。
常见搭配
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the cause of death 死因The coroner is investigating the cause of death. 验尸官正在调查死因。
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death rate 死亡率Better sanitation helped reduce the death rate from the disease. 卫生条件改善有助于降低这种疾病的死亡率。
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to death 致死;到极点The hikers were warned that they could freeze to death. 徒步者被警告说他们可能会冻死。