中學英語詞彙是英語的常用詞。
熟練掌握中學詞彙,就能流利說英語。
今天我們來學習die, dead, deadly和death的用法。
請熟讀例句到會說
01die
死,死亡
凋謝,消失,消亡
Every man dies, not every man really lives.
每個人都會死去,但不是每個人都活得有價值。
He died a sudden death in a Kansas car crash in 2009.
2009年,他在堪薩斯州的一次車禍中意外去世。
When his parents died, he was placed in the custody of his aunt.
他父母去世後,他由姑媽監護。
The sound of the music died away.
音樂聲漸漸消失了。
As the flames died down he felt cold air on his face.
當火焰變小熄滅時,他感到冷空氣撲面而來。
02dead
死的,失去生命的,枯萎的
死人,死者
完全地,全然地,非常,絕對
You'll marry him over my dead body!
除非我死了!否則,你休想嫁給他!
The man we thought dead walked bodily into the room.
我們以為已經死了的那個人活生生地走進了房間。
We sawed the dead branches off the tree.
我們把枯枝從樹上鋸下來。
I was dead drunk yesterday evening.
昨天晚上我喝得酩酊大醉。
03deadly
(可能)致命的,致死的
極度的,十足的
It was deadly poison and if he drank it he'd probably die.
那是致命的毒藥,如果他喝了可能會死。
He has become my deadly enemy.
他成了我的死對頭。
The weekly meeting tends to be deadly dull.
每周的例會往往非常乏味。
04death
死,死亡,生命的終止,死亡狀態
He was stabbed to death in a fight.
他在一次搏鬥中被刺死。
There is no medicine against death.
沒有長生不老藥。
Twenty years after the event, his death remains a mystery .
事件發生20年後,他的死仍然是個謎。
05用法注意
這幾個詞在使用時要注意以下幾點:
1,分清楚詞性:
die是動詞,現在分詞dying也可以做形容詞「臨終的,臨死的」;
dead是形容詞,deadly不是它的副詞形式,也是形容詞;
Some think he is dead.
有人認為他死了。
death是名詞。
2,die of和die from有區別
die of和die from都是「死於…」的意思,如果我們不想區別,也可以:
She died of/from hunger/cancer/a heart attack/her injuries.
她死於飢餓/癌症/心臟病/受傷。
但最好還是把它們用在不同的情況:
死於自身疾病或悲傷等最好用died of;死於其它原因可以用die from:
She died of a brain tumour.
她死於腦瘤。
He died of liver cancer.
他死於肝癌。
He was rushed to hospital but he died from his injuries.
他迅速被送到醫院,但還是傷重不治。
The plants died from want of water.
這些植物因缺水而枯死了。
3,die是短暫性動詞,表示持續的動作,要用be dead代替。
這在以前有專門討論,請參照:
Dead還是died?His father has died for five years哪裡錯了?
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