同近义词辨析
expire, pass away, perish, die, decease
这组词都有“死”的意思,其区别是:
expire委婉用词。从本义“从肺部吐出气来”引申为吐出最后一口气,断气而死。
die最普通用词,指某人或某物失去生命而永远不存在。
双语例句
用作动词(v.)
- We were shocked to learn of his passing away.
我们惊悉他不幸逝世。 - I am sorry to hear that he passed away last month.
听说他上个月逝世了,我很难过。 - He would rhyme away the long evenings.
他常常以作诗消磨长夜。 - Love makes the time pass.Time makes love pass.
爱可以消磨时间,时光可以打发爱情。 - The rumbling of the train slowly died away.
火车的隆隆声慢慢消逝了。 - The shout from his heart never faded away in the snow field.
这心灵的呐喊从未消逝。
权威例句
All Things Must Pass AwayAll Things Must Pass Away Online: Bereavement on Social MediaWhen Heroes Pass Away: The Invention of a Chinese Communist PantheonEarth's Proud Empires Pass Away: Britain's Moment in the Middle EastAll Space Will Pass Away: The Spiritual, Spaceless and Incorporeal Heaven of Valentin Weigel (1533–1588)‘… Earth’s proud empires pass away…’: The glorification and critique of power in songs and hymns of Imperial Britain“If only there would pass away the horror of those hands!”: Cholmondeley, Jerome and the Woman’s Touch in the Fin de Siècle CityInterest rate pass-through in central and Eastern Europe: Reborn from ashes merely to pass away?Mao Zedong's Exposition of Lu Xun——In honor of the seventieth anniversary of Lu Xun's pass awayArrangement and Enlightenment on Mount-urbanology Theory and Practice:Memorize of Mr. Huang Guangyu Pass Away Ten Years