decease

英 [dɪ'siːs] 美 [dɪ'siːs]

• n. 【U】死；死亡

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 【律】死亡
2. 亡故

v. 动词

1. 亡故
2. 死亡

英英释义

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"
   

Verb:

1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;

   "She died from cancer"
   "The children perished in the fire"
   "The patient went peacefully"
   "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. His decease made us very sad.
   他的去世使我们非常悲伤。
2. Upon your decease the house will pass to your wife.
   你死后房屋归你太太所有。
3. Should the person be of no ability to work, the living expenses shall be paid until his decease.
   其他无劳动能力的人，生活费给付至死亡时止。

词义辨析

decease，disease

• 这两个单词的拼写仅有一个字母不同。
• decease／di'si: s／是“死亡”、“去世”；与death相比，decease是正式用语，常见于法律条文中。
• disease／di'zi:z／是“患病”、“疾病”。acute disease是“急性病”；chronic disease是“慢性病”； family disease是“遗传病”。

die，decease，expire，perish，pass away

• 这些动词或短语动词均有“死”或“死亡”之意。
• die最普通用词，指某人或某物失去生命而永远不存在。
• decease正式用词，多指法律上的用语。
• 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。
• perish书面用词，多指夭折或不幸暴亡。
• pass away是die的委婉用语。

近反义词

【近义词】

• die 死
• death 死
• perish 毁灭
• expire 终止
• depart 离开
• departure 出发
• succumb 屈从
• expiry 满期
• demise 死亡
• passing 通过
• release 释放
• pass away 逝世
• buy the farm 摔毁一架飞机...
• exit 出口
• drop dead 暴死
• cash in one's chips 把筹码兑成钱...
• snuff it 死
• pass 通过
• conk 鼻子
• croak 嗄嗄叫
• go 去
• pop off 突然死去
• kick the bucket 一命呜呼
• choke 窒息
• disease 疾病

【反义词】

• birth 分娩