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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Someone asked me last week, In the long run, is technology our saviour or our demise?
  最近有人问我，从长远来看，科技是我们的救星还是我们的终结？
• 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。
• 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。
• Mystery of King Tut's demise solved?
  图特卡蒙法老神秘死因揭晓了？
• 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。