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更新时间:2026-06-14 03:41:37   栏目: 在线翻译

death 的音标为 /deθ/(英式与美式发音一致),核心含义是“生命的永久终结”,也可喻指事物的“破灭或终止”,还可拟人化为“死神”。发音时需注意“th”发清辅音 /θ/(类似“德斯”),避免误读为 /dɪθ/ 或 /dəθ/,也不要将“th”读作“t”或“d”。

词性与用法

名词,可作可数或不可数名词:

可数:表示具体死亡事件或死亡方式,复数形式为 deaths。例:The accident caused three deaths.(事故导致3人死亡)

不可数:泛指死亡概念。例:Death is a natural part of life.(死亡是生命的自然部分)

常用短语搭配

 

短语 含义 例句
at death's door 病危,濒死 He was at death's door after the surgery.(手术后他一度病危)
matter of life and death 生死攸关之事 Medical aid is a matter of life and death for the injured.(医疗救助对伤者而言生死攸关)
put to death 处死,执行死刑 The prisoner was put to death last week.(那名囚犯上周被处决)
death penalty 死刑 Some countries still practice the death penalty.(部分国家仍保留死刑)
cause of death 死因 The cause of death remains unknown.(死因尚未查明)

 

例句10句

1.5 million people are in immediate danger of death from starvation.(150万人正因饥饿面临死亡威胁)

The president's untimely death has thrown the country into chaos.(总统的意外逝世使国家陷入混乱)

She died a slow and painful death.(她经历了缓慢而痛苦的死亡)

Police are not treating the death as suspicious.(警方未将此死亡事件视为可疑案件)

Obesity is a leading cause of preventable deaths.(肥胖是可预防死亡的主要原因)

It meant the death of everything he had ever hoped to be.(这意味着他所有梦想的终结)

She'd have fought to the death for that child.(她会为那个孩子拼死搏斗)

His death was totally unexpected.(他的死完全出人意料)

The film ends with the death of the heroine.(电影以女主角的死亡告终)

People can sue for wrongful death.(人们可对非正常死亡提起诉讼)

常见搭配形容词

描述死亡性质:sudden death(猝死)、natural death(自然死亡)、violent death(暴力致死)

表达情感态度:tragic death(惨死)、senseless death(无谓的死亡)、preventable death(可预防的死亡)

从发音细节到语境应用,death 贯穿于生命议题与语言表达的多重维度。它既是严肃的医学术语,也是文学与日常对话中传递情感的载体。下次听到这个词时,你会先想到它的发音规则,还是背