diev.[daɪ]　(dies;died;dying)

　　1.die的基本意思是指动植物因生命终止而“死亡”.引申可表示“消失,停止运行”“枯萎”等.

　　2.die主要用作不及物动词,也可用作系动词,接名词或形容词作表语,表示死时的身份或状态.die有时也可用作及物动词,但必须接同源名词death作宾语,death前常可有形容词修饰.die不用于被动结构.

　　3.die和副词小品词连用可组成短语如dieaway,diedown,dieout,均表示由大到小,由近到远,由有到无,指灯光、火光、声音等逐渐消失.

　　4.die后接介词可组成短语表示死于某种原因.如接介词from表示“死于非命”等,接of表示因“疾病或年老”等而死亡.

　　5.在口语中,die往往作“渴望、切望”或“强烈地感受到”解,表示一种极度状态,此时用现在进行时,其后可接介词for〔of,to〕或动词不定式.

　　6.die偶尔可用于进行体,表示“就要死去,渐渐死去”.

　　7.die的现在分词dying可用作形容词,在句中作定语.

　　～+名词dieabeggar穷困潦倒而死dieadog'sdeath死得可鄙dieagloriousdeath死得光荣dieahero'sdeath英勇牺牲dieamartyr死于自杀dieaworthydeath死得其所diegame奋战而死diealingeringdeath拖延多日才死去diethedeath死于非命～+形容词diehappy在幸福中死去diehard难断气dieold寿终diepoor贫困一生dieyoung中途死亡～+副词dieaccidentally偶然地死去diecalmly平静地死去diecourageously勇敢地死去diedaily虽生犹死dieeventually最终死去diegladly甘心死去diegloriously光荣地死去diehappily快乐地死去dieimmediately立即死去dieinstantly立即死亡diemiserably惨死diepeacefully宁静地死去diepossibly可能死去dieshamefully羞愧地死去dieslowly慢慢地死掉diesuddenly突然死亡diewholly彻底地枯萎dieaway渐渐消失dieback凋落diedown渐渐平息dieoff相继死去dieout灭绝～+介词dieat死在…dieatone'spost殉职dieatthestake受火刑而死dieby死于…diebydrowning淹死diebyhanging吊死diebyone'sownhand自杀diebysomepoison中毒而死diebythesword被剑杀diebyviolence横死diefor极想得到…dieforacause为事业而死dieforlackofair因缺空气而死dieforone'scountry殉国,为国牺牲dieforwantoffood因缺乏食物而死diefrom因…而死diefromablow被打中而死diefromadisease得病而死diefromanaccident死于事故diefromcarelessness由于大意而死diefromdrinkingtoomuchwine饮酒过多而死diefromeatingtoexcess饮食过度而死diefromhunger饥饿而死diefromoverwork工作过度而死diefromsomeunknowncause由于不明原因而死diefromweakness衰弱而死dieinagony痛苦而死dieinbattle战死,阵亡dieinchildbed因分娩而死dieinharness至死不倦dieinmisery死得凄惨dieinoffice死于任职期间dieinone'sbed寿终正寝dieinone'sshoes暴死dieinpoverty贫困而死dieinthelastditch奋战而死,战斗到底dieof因…而死dieofadisease病死dieofafall失足摔死dieofage老死dieofabrokenheart失望而死dieofcholera死于霍乱dieofcold冻死dieofconsumption死于肺结核dieofdisappointment失望而死dieofexhaustion过度疲劳而死dieoffever高烧而死dieofgrief悲痛而死dieofheat热死dieofhunger饿死dieofillness病死dieofoverwork累死dieofpoison中毒而死dieofpoverty因贫穷而死dieofshame羞愧而死dieofsorrow悲伤而死dieofthebiteofasnake蛇咬而死dieofthirst渴死dieofawound受伤而死dieon中途死亡dieontheair渐渐消失dieonthevine失败diethrough由于…而死亡diethroughneglect由于不小心而死dieto舍弃…dietocriticism不顾批评dietoinsult不顾耻辱dietoreproach不顾责备dietoself舍己,无我dietoshame死不要脸dieunder在…之中死亡dieupon死于…diewithanger气死diewithenvy嫉妒而死diewithfatigue过度疲劳而死diewithgrief忧郁而死diewithjoy乐死diewithlaughing狂笑而死diewithshame羞愧而死diewithin不复存在

　　常用短语

　　dieaway(v.+adv.)

　　(尤指声音、光、风)逐渐消失或停止becomeweakerorfainteruntilitceases

　　▲dieaway

　　Thesoundofthemusicdiedaway.音乐声渐渐消失了.

　　Hisfootstepsdiedawayinthedarkness.他的脚步声在黑暗中渐渐消失了.

　　Allconversationdiedaway.谈话声渐渐静了下来.

　　Nowthatthecheershaddiedaway,thecircustentseemedoddlyquiet.喝彩声逐渐平静下来后,马戏篷里安静得出奇.

　　Allhisangerdiedaway.他的满腔怒气渐渐平息下来.

　　Hisvoicediedawayandhefellasleep.他渐渐地没了声音,睡着了.

　　dieback(v.+adv.)

　　(植物)枯死但根部还活着diebutremainaliveattheroots

　　〔说明〕dieback通常不用于进行体.

　　▲dieback

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