22 DIE: 死；消失

22 DIE: 死；消失

詞組講解

1. die a natural death ** 老死，壽終；消失；被遺忘

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：［自然（natural）］死

例 Grandfather Macey died a natural death at the ripe old age of 93.

Modern day fashions die a natural death in a single year.

2. die hard ** 抵抗到底，頑強(qiáng)不屈；（習(xí)慣、信仰等）難以改變

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：［不輕易地、困難地（hard）］死去

例 They say old habits die hard, so it's going to be a while before he changes.

3. die in one's boots / die with one's boots on ** 戰(zhàn)死，因公殉職；死于非命

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：［穿（in）］著［長靴、鞋（boots）］死去；從西部電影中流傳開來

例 Old Bill Wilcox swore he'd never be captured and would die in his boots.

4. die laughing ** 笑著離開人世；笑得筋疲力盡

解 〈口〉習(xí)語；詞義溯源：［笑著（laughing）］死去

例 He died laughing, knowing that everything in his life was settled.

We all died laughing when his pants fell down.

5. die of a broken heart ** 傷心而死；痛苦不堪

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：因?yàn)椋坌乃椋╞roken heart）］而死

例 Charles will die of a broken heart as long as Lisa refuses to see him.

Her son's crimes pained her greatly and she died a year later of a broken heart.

6. die of boredom ** 無聊至極

解 習(xí)語；詞義溯源：因?yàn)椋劬氲?、無聊（boredom）］而死

例 I would die of boredom if I had to spend the summer with my grandparents.

7. die out 〔away, off〕 *** 慢慢結(jié)束；逐漸消失；滅絕，絕種

解 短語動(dòng)詞；詞義溯源：消失后再也［沒有了（out）］

例 Mini-skirts were fashionable for a while in this country, but quickly died out.

With only 20 remaining, these birds are on the verge of dying out.

參考譯文

1. 馬塞爺爺93歲時(shí)壽終正寢。

現(xiàn)在流行的事物在一年內(nèi)就不復(fù)存在了。

2. 人們說老習(xí)慣很難改掉，所以要他改變還需要一段時(shí)間。

3. 老比爾·威爾科克斯發(fā)誓他絕對(duì)不會(huì)被俘虜，而會(huì)戰(zhàn)死沙場(chǎng)。

4. 知道自己的后事都安排好了之后，他笑著離開了人間。

他的褲子掉下來的時(shí)候，我們都捧腹大笑。

5. 如果莉薩拒絕見查爾斯的話，他會(huì)痛苦不堪的。

她兒子犯罪的事實(shí)讓她非常痛苦，一年后她傷心地死去。

6. 要是整個(gè)夏天讓我跟爺爺奶奶待在一起的話，我會(huì)無聊死的。

7. 在這個(gè)國家，迷你裙流行了一段時(shí)間，但很快就不流行了。

這種鳥僅存20只，瀕臨滅絕。