death
名词
定义 death 名词
- B1Countable(可数名词)Uncountable(不可数名词)
The termination of life; the end of the existence of a living organism.
生命的终结；死亡
This illness results in the death of thousands of individuals each year.
这种疾病每年导致数千人死亡。
Do you hold the belief that there is an afterlife following death?
你相信死后有来生吗？
He has been unable to recover from the loss of his daughter.
他至今无法从失去女儿的悲痛中走出来。
片语 death 名词
- bored, frightened, etc. to death
Extremely bored, frightened, or experiencing a similarly intense negative feeling.
十分无聊（害怕、可怜等）
• This movie was so boring; I was bored to death.
这部电影太无聊了，我无聊得要死。
- to death
Until the point of death; to the extent of causing death.
直至死亡
• The small bird was locked in the cage and eventually starved to death.
小鸟被锁在笼子里，最终饿死了。
- the death of someone/something
The cause of the end, destruction, or failure of someone or something.
某人或事物的末路（毁灭）之因
• Excessive work pressure was nearly the death of him.
过度的工作压力几乎要了他的命。
成语
- catch your death of cold
To become severely ill with a cold, typically due to being insufficiently dressed for cold weather.
（因穿着单薄等原因）患上重感冒。
• You'll catch your death of cold going out dressed like that.
你穿成这样出去会得重感冒的。
- look/feel like death warmed up
To appear or feel extremely unwell.
看起来气色很差，像快死了一样
• She looked like death warmed up this morning, really unwell.
她今天早上看起来病得很重，真的很不舒服。
- be at death's door
To be extremely ill and close to dying.
味在旦壬
• He contracted severe pneumonia and was at death's door at one point.
他得了严重的肺炎，一度濒临死亡。
- be in at the death
To be present at the culmination or final stage of an event or process.
亲身经历某事的结束集体验。
• After years of effort, he was finally in at the death of the project.
经过多年的努力，他终于在项目结束时身处现场。