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

• 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。
• Ostensibly, this is the story of dictionary Web sites and their impending demise.
  表面上看，这是关于字典类网站和它们即将消亡的故事。
• After the tragic demise of his wife.
  在他妻子悲惨地死后。
• The demise of the legislative veto stimulated interest in other approaches to regulatory reform.
  立法否决的消亡激起了探索其他管理改革方法的兴趣。
• 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。
• 'Jobs's demise raises uncertainties to the future innovations of Apple.
  汇丰（HSBC）分析师赖惠娟（JennyLai）说，乔布斯的去世给苹果未来的创新增加了不确定性。
• Often when I became a consultant to a federal agency, that precipitated its demise, he admitted.
  当我成为一家联邦机构的顾问时，常常就促成了它的没落，他承认。
• I agree that the demise of London zoo would be terrible
  我也认为如果伦敦动物园不复存在的话那真是太糟糕了。
• Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
  我死亡的谣言太夸张了。
• 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？