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：因為［心碎（broken 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：因為［倦怠、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間。

3. 老比爾·威爾科克斯發(fā)誓他絕對不會被俘虜，而會戰(zhàn)死沙場。

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候，我們都捧腹大笑。

5. 如果莉薩拒絕見查爾斯的話，他會痛苦不堪的。

她兒子犯罪的事實讓她非常痛苦，一年后她傷心地死去。

6. 要是整個夏天讓我跟爺爺奶奶待在一起的話，我會無聊死的。

7. 在這個國家，迷你裙流行了一段時間，但很快就不流行了。

這種鳥僅存20只，瀕臨滅絕。