1. 死，死亡，惨死
2. 死神
3. 毁灭，破灭
4. 致死的原因，死因
5. 死状
6. 死法
7. 结束
8. 褫夺公权
9. 死刑
10. 绝灭，消灭，永久的灭亡
11. 死亡状态
12. 生命的终止

1. [C][U]死,死亡,死亡时刻; 死法; 死状 the end of the life; time or manner of dying
2. [C]死因 the cause of loss of life
3. [S]毁灭,消失,终止 destruction or disappearance
4. [U]死神 the destroyer of life

1.死;死亡
Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal.

e.g. 1.5 million people are in immediate danger ofdeath from starvation.
150 万人正面临着被饿死的急迫危险。
e.g. ...the thirtieth anniversary of herdeath...
她逝世 30 周年的纪念日

2.(某种）死法，死亡方式
A particular kind ofdeath is a particular way of dying.

e.g. They made sure that he died a horribledeath...
他们让他死得很惨。
e.g. He would rather have a decentdeath which served some purpose than a meaninglessdeath.
他宁愿死得其所，也不想无谓地死去。

3.终结;结束;灭亡;破灭
The death of something is the permanent end of it.

e.g. It meant thedeath 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。
e.g. ...thedeath of pop music.
流行音乐的死亡

4.病危;行将就木
If you say that someone isat death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die.

e.g. He told his boss a tale about his mother being atdeath's door...
他向老板谎称自己的母亲病危。
e.g. My dad was the same. He could be atdeath'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。

5.斗争到底;誓死捍卫
If you say that you willfight 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.

e.g. He said they did not want war—but if attacked they would fight to thedeath...
他说他们不希望有战争——但一旦遭到攻击，定会战斗到底。
e.g. She'd have fought to thedeath for that child.
她会为了那个孩子抗争到底。

6.生死决斗;殊死决战
If you refer to a fight or contest asa fight to the death, you are emphasizing that it will not stop until the death or total victory of one of the opponents.

e.g. ...an eleven-hour fight to thedeath 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
e.g. He now faces a fight to thedeath 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。

7.生死攸关的;至关重要的
If you say that something is a matterof 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.

e.g. Well, never mind, John, it's not a matter of life anddeath...
好了，约翰，别太在意了。这又不是什么生死攸关的大事。
e.g. We're dealing with a life-and-death situation here...
我们正面临一个生死关头。

8.被处死;被处决
If someoneis put to death, they are executed.

e.g. Those put todeath by firing squad included three generals.
行刑队处决的那些人里有 3 名将军。

9.(用于动词后）以致死亡
You useto death after a verb to indicate that a particular action or process results in someone's death.

e.g. He was stabbed todeath.
他被刀刺中身亡。
e.g. ...relief missions to try to keep the country's population from starving todeath...
努力确保该国人民不被饿死的救援任务

10.(用于形容词或动词后，表示强调)吓得要死/无聊得要命
You useto death after an adjective or a verb to emphasize the action, state, or feeling mentioned. For example, if you arefrightened to death orbored to death, you are extremely frightened or bored.

death

e.g. He scares teams todeath with his pace and power...
他的速度之快、力量之大让其他队胆战不已。
e.g. Whereas 10 years ago I would have worried myself todeath 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。

11.使…累死累活地工作（或劳动）
If you say that someoneworks another personto death, you are emphasizing that they make them work very hard indeed, especially in a way that seems cruel or unfair.

e.g. They worked themselves todeath but never lost their humour.
他们累死累活地干活，但却从没有丢掉幽默感。

1. Death comes to all men.
   人皆有死。
2. All men must die, but death can vary in its significance.
   人总是要死的,但死的意义有所不同。
3. Her death was a real grief.
   她的去世实在令人痛心。
4. His wife's death was a great blow to him.
   他妻子去世对他是一个沉重的打击。
5. The alternatives are death and submission.
   或死或降,任选其一。
6. He was willing to risk death to save his friend.
   他甘愿冒死去救朋友。
7. The Supreme Court is expected to uphold the death sentence.
   预计最高法院将维持死刑的原判。
8. After death, the king's body was interred in a specially constructed tomb.
   那国王死后被安葬在一座特别建筑的坟墓里。
9. The sick man is in danger of death.
   这位病人有死亡的危险。
10. March 6 is the date of his death.
    他死的日期是3月6日。
11. The news of his death filled her with despair.
    他去世的消息使她绝望了。
12. She described how she had narrowly escaped death.
    她叙述了她九死一生的经历。
13. If their identity should be discovered, it would mean sure death.
    万一他们的身份被发觉,那就免不了一死。
14. They avenged his death by burning the village.
    他们烧毁村子,为他的死复仇。
15. The worker was scalded to death when the boiler exploded.
    锅炉爆炸时那个工人被开水烫死。
16. The chief of the police force spread the word that he would put to death all the arrested student representatives.
    警察长扬言要枪毙这些被捕的学生代表。
17. Jack was sentenced to death for murdering his wife.
    杰克因谋杀他的妻子被判处死刑。
18. Drink will be the death of him.
    酗酒将会要他的命。
19. Oh, don't make me laugh any more or you'll be the death of me.
    啊!别再让我笑了,不然非笑死我不可。
20. The protest will die a slow death.
    抗议将会慢慢平息。
21. Death is often shown in pictures as a human skeleton.
    死神常被画成骷髅。

• The Greek did not believe death to be annihilation.

  出自：J. R. Seeley

• My mother's untimely death.

  出自：Day Lewis

• The hideous death designed by the law for traitors.

  出自：C. V. Wedgwood

• Over them triumphant Death his Dart Shook; but delaid to strike.

  出自：personified

• Into the jaws of Death..Rode the six hundred.

  出自：Tennyson

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的deth；最初源自古英语的death，意为死。