perish
英 ['perɪʃ]
美['pɛrɪʃ]
- vt. 使麻木；毁坏
- vi. 死亡；毁灭；腐烂；枯萎
词态变化
第三人称单数: perishes;过去式: perished;过去分词: perished;现在分词: perishing;
助记提示
1. from per- "through" + ire "go" (see ion) => perire "be lost, perish," literally "go through" => perish.
2. 易混词注意区分：parish, perish.
2. 易混词注意区分：parish, perish.
中文词源
perish 死亡，毁灭
来自古法语periss-,来自拉丁语perire,走完，走尽，来自per-,穿过，完全的，ire,走，行程，词源同exit,itinerary.引申词义死亡，毁灭。-iss,分词格。
英英释意
- 1. pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;
- "She died from cancer"
- "They children perished in the fire"
- "The patient went peacefully"
英文词源
- perish (v.)
- mid-13c., from periss- present participle stem of Old French perir "perish, be lost, be shipwrecked" (12c.), from Latin perire "to be lost, perish," literally "to go through," from per- "through, completely, to destruction" (see per) + ire "to go" (see ion). Related: Perished; perishing.
同义词辨析
die, decease, expire, perish, pass away
这些动词或短语动词均有"死，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。
考试真题
- More than paradise lost, a perishing rain forest could trigger a domino effect - sending winds and rains kilometers off course and loading the skies with even greater levels of greenhouse gases - that will be felt far beyond the Amazon basin.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
- The domino effect triggered by the perishing rain forests
出自-2013年6月阅读原文
词组搭配
perish the thought
Used to express the wish that one not even think about something.
表达一种甚至从未想过的愿望
实用场景例句
- A family of four perished in the fire.
- 一家四口死于此次火灾之中。
牛津词典
- Early buildings were made of wood and have perished.
- 早期建筑物为木质结构，已经消失殆尽。
牛津词典
- Me get married? Perish the thought!
- 我结婚？下辈子再说吧！
牛津词典
- Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.
- 大多数蝴蝶会在秋天的第一场霜冻来临时纷纷死去。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the ferry disaster in which 193 passengers perished.
- 造成193名乘客丧生的渡船事故
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Buddhism had to adapt to the new world or perish...
- 佛教必须适应新时代，否则将会消亡。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Civilizations do eventually decline and perish.
- 各种文明最后都会衰落、消亡。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Obviously the plaster's just perished and all fallen off...
- 很明显灰泥已脆裂老化,全剥落下来了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Their tyres are slowly perishing.
- 他们的车胎在慢慢老化。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Me a policeman! Perish the thought!...
- 我当警察！想都别想了，不可能！
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We don't have a computer (perish the thought) and have only recently bought an electric typewriter.
- 我们没有电脑（死了心吧），只好最近买了台电动打字机。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- All flesh shall perish, and man shall turn again unto dust.
- 凡有血气的就必一同死亡; 世人必仍归尘土.
期刊摘选
- Anyone who opposes the king shall perish with the sword.
- 凡是反对国王的人都要以剑赐死.
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- " All they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. "
- “ 凡执九剑者必将死于刀剑. ”
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- His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
- 他的记念在地上必然灭亡.他的名字在街上也不存留.
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- Many soldiers perish in battle.
- 许多士兵死于战斗.
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- NIV My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.
- [和合]我的仇敌转身退去的时候, 他们一见你的面,就跌倒灭亡.
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- I did not perish in silence, and at the outbreak of silence!
- 我没有在沉默中灭亡, 而在沉默中爆发怎么翻译?
期刊摘选
- No one will learn his name. And we will all perish.
- (众人)没有人会知道他的名字. 我们全都难逃一死.
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- Seven who hold the sceptre shall perish, one of them being canonised.
- 七个持有节杖的会毁灭, 他们中的其中一位会被封为圣人.
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- I tell you, no ! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
- 我告诉你们 、 是的. 们若不悔改 、 要如此灭亡.
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- Guri didn't perish with her master, however.
- 然而,古丽没有为她的主人陪葬.
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- The ideal of beauty and morality cannot perish in a healthy society.
- 在一个健康的社会中,美与德的理念不会消失.
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- Read Chapters 1 and 2 of Create or Perish.
- 阅读《创造或是消灭》的第一二章.
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- If this is not stopped, China will perish at the hands of these reactionaries.
- 这样的事如果不加制止, 中国就会在这些反动派手里灭亡.
期刊摘选
- My enemies say of me in malice, " When will he die and his name perish? "
- 5我的仇敌用恶言议论我说: 他几时死,他的名才灭亡 呢 ?
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- Kings and cabbages perish , but good deeds live on.
- 国王会死,卷心菜会烂, 好人好事永远流传.
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- Crowns and thrones may perish.
- 王权不会永存.
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