death
death
英[deθ]美[deθ]
n.死（亡），终结，破灭，死神；
复数：deaths;
例句
For months after her husband's death, she ate her heart out.她丈夫去世后的几个月她极为悲伤。
My grandmother died of grief soon after her husband's death.祖父去世不久, 祖母就因悲伤过度而死了。
I was frightened to death.You must never play these practical jokes any more.我被吓得要死, 你以后再也不能这样恶作剧了。
I heard of his death last week.我上周听说他死了。
He was saved from the jaws of death.他从死亡的绝境中被解救出来。
The sick man is in danger of death.这位病人有死亡的危险。
He had been miraculously saved from almost certain death.他奇迹般地从死亡线上获救。
I see you are tired to death.我看你累得要死。
I am sick to death of your complaints.我对你的抱怨听得烦死了。
His sudden death reduced the family to poverty.他突然去世使家庭陷入贫困。
英语六级真题
Since tobacco is one of the biggest causes of premature death in the UK, a measure that tames the habit even by a fraction is worth trying.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文Premature death rates resulting from smoking have declined.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文The leading causes of death in this age group are also changing.
出自-2016年12月听力原文That pushed flu from the third leading cause of death to the fifth.
出自-2016年12月听力原文One reason for the rise in deaths from Alzheimer’s disease in this group may be that developing this condition remains possible even after people beat the odds of dying from other diseases such as cancer.
出自-2016年12月听力原文On the other hand, the death rate from flu dropped from 7.4% in 2000 to 4.1% in 2014.
出自-2016年12月听力原文In recent years, the death rate among American centenarians—people who have lived to age 100 or older—has decreased, dropping 14% for women and 20% for men from 2008 to 2014.
出自-2016年12月听力原文In 2000, the top five causes of death for centenarians were heart disease, stroke, flu, cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease.
出自-2016年12月听力原文But by 2014, the death rate from Alzheimer’s Disease for this age group have more than doubled, increasing from 3.8% to 8.5%, making the progressive brain disease the second leading cause of death for centenarians.
出自-2016年12月听力原文But because this population is getting larger, the number of deaths in this group is also increasing.
出自-2016年12月听力原文John Rother, the AARP's head of policy and strategy, points to studies showing that other things being equal, people who remain at work have lower death rates than their retired peers.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文Don't risk injury or death beacuse of over-confidence or lack of knowledge.
出自-2012年12月听力原文Consistently, research shows that communicating with others promotes health, whereas social isolation is linked to stress, disease, and early death.
出自-2010年6月听力原文But insurance will be cold comfort following the failure on October 31st of VSS Enterprise, resulting in the death of one pilot and the severe injury to another.
2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section CBut its surface has been cooked and dried by an ocean of carbon dioxide, trapped in the burning death grip of a runaway greenhouse effect.
2019年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section CChemical testing showed that over the two years before her death, she moved about every two months.
2015年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section CFlamingos, however, are the only species that actually makes life in the midst of all that death.
2017年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section CHer time-lapse videos of the revivals look like someone playing a tape of the plant's death in reverse.
2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section BIt is becoming increasingly clear that retail reinvention isn't a simple battle to the death between bricks and clicks.
2019年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section Bright now, to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that mothers not sleep in the same bed as their babies, but sleep in the same room.
2016年6月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section BThe death of a small child would have no effect upon the income of the family.
2017年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section CThree hundred years after her death, Merian will be celebrated at an international symposium in Amsterdam this June.
2018年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section BThrough careful preparation, the death toll from a super tropical storm in November 2007 was less than 3, 500.
2016年6月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-VAR
死;死亡
Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal.
例句
1.5 million people are in immediate danger of death from starvation.150 万人正面临着被饿死的急迫危险。...the thirtieth anniversary of her death...她逝世 30 周年的纪念日N-COUNT
(某种）死法，死亡方式
A particular kind of death is a particular way of dying.
例句
They made sure that he died a horrible death...他们让他死得很惨。He would rather have a decent death which served some purpose than a meaningless death.他宁愿死得其所，也不想无谓地死去。N-SING
终结;结束;灭亡;破灭
The death of something is the permanent end of it.
例句
It meant the death of everything he had ever been or ever hoped to be.这意味着他过去的一切存在或曾经希望的存在均已终结。...the death of pop music.流行音乐的死亡PHRASE
病危;行将就木
If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die.
例句
He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death's door...他向老板谎称自己的母亲病危。My dad was the same. He could be at death's door but wouldn't say a word.我爸爸也一样。他就算已经病得快不行了也还是会一声不吭。PHRASE
斗争到底;誓死捍卫
If you say that you will fight to the death for something, you are emphasizing that you will do anything to achieve or protect it, even if you suffer as a consequence.
例句
He said they did not want war—but if attacked they would fight to the death...他说他们不希望有战争——但一旦遭到攻击，定会战斗到底。She'd have fought to the death for that child.她会为了那个孩子抗争到底。PHRASE
生死决斗;殊死决战
If you refer to a fight or contest as a fight to the death, you are emphasizing that it will not stop until the death or total victory of one of the opponents.
例句
...an eleven-hour fight to the death between a baboon and leopard...一只狒狒和一头美洲豹之间长达 11小时的殊死搏斗He now faces a fight to the death to reach the quarter-finals.他现在面临一场杀入四分之一决赛的殊死决战。PHRASE
生死攸关的;至关重要的
If you say that something is a matter of life and death, you are emphasizing that it is extremely important, often because someone may die or suffer great harm if people do not act immediately.
例句
Well, never mind, John, it's not a matter of life and death...好了，约翰，别太在意了。这又不是什么生死攸关的大事。We're dealing with a life-and-death situation here...我们正面临一个生死关头。PHRASE
被处死;被处决
If someone is put to death, they are executed.
例句
Those put to death by firing squad included three generals.行刑队处决的那些人里有 3 名将*。PHRASE
(用于动词后）以致死亡
You use to death after a verb to indicate that a particular action or process results in someone's death.
例句
He was stabbed to death.他被刀刺中身亡。...relief missions to try to keep the country's population from starving to death...努力确保该国人民不被饿死的救援任务PHRASE
(用于形容词或动词后，表示强调)吓得要死/无聊得要命
You use to death after an adjective or a verb to emphasize the action, state, or feeling mentioned. For example, if you are frightened to death or bored to death, you are extremely frightened or bored.
例句
He scares teams to death with his pace and power...他的速度之快、力量之大让其他队胆战不已。Whereas 10 years ago I would have worried myself to death about it, now I accept it is part of the game...10 年前我会为此担心得要命，但现在我接受了它是游戏的一部分。PHRASE
使…累死累活地工作（或劳动）
If you say that someone works another person to death, you are emphasizing that they make them work very hard indeed, especially in a way that seems cruel or unfair.
例句
They worked themselves to death but never lost their humour.他们累死累活地干活，但却从没有丢掉幽默感。英汉词典释义
n.
死, 死亡
Car accidents have caused many deaths.车祸造成了许多人死亡。毁灭, 消失, 终止
Bankruptcy was the death of his plans.破产毁了他的计划。永久的灭亡；毁灭；破灭
死神
英英词典释义
Noun
1. the event of dying or departure from life;
"her death came as a terrible shock""upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"2. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism;
"the animal died a painful death"3. the time at which life ends; continuing until dead;
"she stayed until his death""a struggle to the last"4. the absence of life or state of being dead;
"he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life"5. the time when something ends;
"it was the death of all his plans""a dying of old hopes"6. the act of killing;
"he had two deaths on his conscience"7. a final state;
"he came to a bad end""the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"行业词典
医学： 死亡：所有维持生命的身体功能永久停止。为了法律及医学上的目的，建议将死亡定义为：不可逆地停止全部脑功能，呼吸系统的自动功能和循环系统的自动功能；
法律： 死亡；
