demise

英 [dɪˈmaɪz]

美 [dɪˈmaɪz]

n.  终止; 失败; 倒闭; 死亡; 逝世; 一命呜呼
v.  遗赠; 让位

过去分词：demised　复数：demises　过去式：demised　

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Collins.2 / BNC.6969 / COCA.6878

牛津词典

noun

• 终止；失败；倒闭
  the end or failure of an institution, an idea, a company, etc.
• 死亡；逝世；一命呜呼
  death
  1. his imminent/sudden/sad demise
     他死到临头；他的猝死；他悲惨的死亡

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 终止;消亡;死亡
  Thedemiseof something or someone is their end or death.
  1. ...the demise of the reform movement...
     改革运动的消亡
  2. Smoking, rather than genetics, was the cause of his early demise.
     导致他英年早逝的原因是吸烟而非遗传。

英英释义

noun

• the time when something ends
  1. it was the death of all his plans
  2. a dying of old hopes
  Synonym:deathdying

verb

• transfer by a lease or by a will

双语例句

• The demise of the industry has caused untold misery to thousands of hard-working tradesmen
  该行业的没落给数以千计辛苦经营的商贩带来了难言的苦楚。
• Someone asked me last week, In the long run, is technology our saviour or our demise?
  最近有人问我，从长远来看，科技是我们的救星还是我们的终结？
• Essentially, The Devil's Casino dates Lehman's ultimate demise back to that cataclysmic power struggle.
  本质上，《魔鬼的赌场》将雷曼的最终灭亡追根溯源到了那场灾难性的权力争斗。
• Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
  我死亡的谣言太夸张了。
• I'll have you choke on your own demise.
  我会令你窒息、然后去迎接你的终结吧。
• If you wish for their demise, why even work with them at all?
  如果你希望他们失败，那还为什么要和他们一起工作呢？
• Isn't that how both your father and grandfather met their demise?
  你父亲和你的祖父是怎样死的？
• On the demise of my father, the family house will go to myself and my brother.
  父亲一去世，家族的房子就将归属我和我兄弟。
• Mystery of King Tut's demise solved?
  图特卡蒙法老神秘死因揭晓了？
• China's rapid modernisation is blamed for the dolphin's demise.
  海豚的绝种被归咎于中国急速的现代化。