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

• 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。
• 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。
• Its demise has been attributed to flawed market design, weak governance and price manipulation by market participants.
  国债期货的崩盘一直被归咎于市场设计存在缺陷、管理不善和市场参与者操纵价格。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？