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 Lehman disrupted the commercial paper market.
  雷曼灭亡扰乱了商业票据市场。
• To true, the soul of honor and the demise of cleanliness.
  为了真实、尊荣和洁净灵魂的灭亡。
• 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。
• 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？
• Observing the tumultuous demise of honeybees should alert us that our own well-being might be similarly threatened.
  我们应该从观察蜜蜂大量死亡的现象中获得警示：我们自己的健康同样可能会受到威胁。
• The demise of the old man's property caused much dispute upon his death.
  老人死时，财产的让渡问题引起许多争执。
• 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。
• Mystery of King Tut's demise solved?
  图特卡蒙法老神秘死因揭晓了？
• In the case of McQueen, his tragic demise has almost certainly lengthened the queues.
  在麦昆的例子里，几乎可以肯定，他带有悲剧色彩的逝世延长了参观者的队伍。
• I am pretty sure it will be a major factor in their demise.
  我敢断定这将是导致他们灭亡的一个主要因素。