杀人夜黑白玄烨与阿生:英语词汇（149）pass away、perish、depart、die 等表示“死亡”

英语词汇（149）

die、depart、perish、pass away 等表示“死亡”

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die  一说其“死亡”，我们也许首先想到的是“die”。die是最普通用词，泛指各种原因引起的死亡。die是不及物动词，说“因……死亡”用die of / from ……。

1) Many of the wounded died on the way to hospital.

           (许多伤员死在去医院的途中。)

2) Many religious people believe the souls of good people will live on after they die.  

        （许多信仰宗教的人相信好人的灵魂在他们死后仍然活在人间。）

3) There were draughts over the area for three successive years and thousands of people died of starvation.  

          （整个地连续三年干旱区,成千上万的人死于饥饿。）

4) By conservative estimates, 2.5 million people die every year from smoking.

           (保守估计，每年二百五十万人死于吸烟。)

5) He sought after wealth all his life but died a miserable man.

   (他一生都在追求财富，死时却是一个可怜的人。)

depart

pass away

汉语中常用“逝世”、“去世” 等词语婉转表达“死”，英语中则常用depart 或pass away婉转表达die。

 1) The ninety-year-old lady departed in peace last night.

              (这位九十岁的老太上昨天晚上在平静中死去。)

        2) His father departed from his life last year.

            （他的父亲去年就去世了。）

        3) She was very sorry to hear that her first grade teacher has passed away last week.

           （她很悲痛地听到她一年级的老师上周已经去世了。）

 4) He got a lung caner and soon passed away.

           （他得了肺癌不久就逝世了。）

perish  是书面用词，可指人、动物和植物的死亡，也可指某种事物、制度的消亡，强调夭折或不幸暴亡。

      1) Hundreds of people are reported to have perished in the severe frost in the northern part of the country.

        （据报道该国北部有数百人死于严重的霜冻。）

      2) Death is normal; we are genetically programmed to disintegrate and perish, even under ideal conditions.

        （死亡是正常的，从遗传学上我们就基因编码要衰退死亡，即使在最理想的条件也会衰退死亡。）

carry off  “夺走生命”是表示“死亡”的另一说法，英语中常用carry off 表示。

1）Much to our sorrow, the famous actor was carried off by a sudden heart attack last week.

             （我们非常悲伤,这位著名演员上周心脏病发作突然逝世。）

         2) The epidemic diseased carried off half of the people in the village.

             （这场流行病患病夺走村里一半人的生命。）