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 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。
• 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。
• Mr. Putin suggested his work has led to his marriage's demise.
  普京暗示，他的工作导致了婚姻的终结。
• The demise of Lehman disrupted the commercial paper market.
  雷曼灭亡扰乱了商业票据市场。
• The emperor regrets your demise; you should never have entered the contest.
  皇帝对你的灭亡表示道歉，你根本就不该进入这个游戏。
• Its demise cannot be explained by high administrative and collection costs alone.
  它的让位不能单独用高额的管理费用和征集费用来解释。
• Some may warn of America's demise, but I'm not among them.
  有些人可能警告美国已经衰退，但我并不认同这观点。
• 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。
• Mystery of King Tut's demise solved?
  图特卡蒙法老神秘死因揭晓了？
• 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？