we heW dear.他把我们珍视的一切都给毁了。一 more at
HEART, LIFE
■
exclamation used in expressions
that show that you are surprised，upset, annoyed or
worried (惊奇、■不安、，•烦
恼、担忧等时说）啊，哎呀，糟糕，天哪：Oh dear/ J think J’ve 〖ost my purse/糟糕，我可能把钱包给丢了! ◊
Oh dear/ What a shame.天哪，太可惜啦！ ◊
Dear me/ What a mess/ 哎呀，真是一团糟！ ◊
Dear oh dear/ What are you going to do now?哎呀呀，你现在怎么办呢？
■
nown 1 (8r£, /'/i/o/wfl/) a kind person 仁慈的人；.可爱的
人：Isn’t he a dear?也不是 $艮可爱吗？ ◊
Be a dear and /etch me my coat.劳刼把外*给我★来。2 used when speaking
to sb you love (称却所爱沾人）亲爱的： WbUlti:yiol/ H松 a
drin^ dear?喝点办1么吗亲3爱◊ Come.he% my
dear.上这儿来，，亲差的。3 used
when speaking to sb in a friendly way, for example by an older person to a
young person or a child . ■较年轻的
人或孩子说话时用）亲爱的，乖乖：■^Vhat’sy^urmime, dear?你叫什么名字，亲M的？ 一 compare duck/r(4)
■
flt/v. (8r£) at a high
price 高价地；昂贵地：.to buy cheap and seH
Sear 贱买贵卖 IT»TOI
see
cost v.
dearest /'diarist;
2 [usually
before noun] that you feel deeply 深切的；由衷
的：Jt was her dearest wish to have a /amfZy.有一个.象 是她由衷的希望。
■
noun (old-fashioned) used when speaking to
sb you love
(称_所爱的人）亲爱的：Come (my) dearest,
let’s go home.好‘，柰爱的，咱们回家吧。IM see near adi. dearie /_diari;.AMmf
_drri/, not//?’ informal) used to address sb in a friendly way (秦示’亲 势）亲:^的，乖乖：Sit down, dearie.坐卡，亲爱的。
'’diear.ly/’diali; AMwf’dirli/
adv_ 1 very much 非常；很： She !oves him dearty.她深深地爱着他。◊ I wouW dearZy
Hfce/Zove to fcrtovv what he was thin/dng.我很想知道他
在想什么:。◊ dearZy beloved
(= _lised by a minister at a Christian.churcli service to address people)最亲爱的教
友们（神职人员对参礼信众的称呼> 2 in a way that
causes a lot of suffering or damage, or that costs a lot of money代价极大地；高价地；昂贵地：Success has cost him
dearly.他为成功if寸出了高昂的代价。◊ She paid
dearly/or her mista/ce.她因犯错误而付出了巨大的
代价。
dearth /d3:0; /VAmJE d3:r0/
now/? [sing.]〜（of sth) k lack of sth;
the fact of there not being enough of sth 缺乏； 不足：SZ9 Scarcity ： There was a dearth
of reliable in片rmarion ort' the subject.关于这个课题缺乏资料。
de<ith tHr /deQ/ noun
1
[C] the fact of.sb dying or being killed 死;.死亡：' a
sudden/vfoZen^peace办〖，etc. death 猝托、横死、安详
的死等◊ the
anniversary 〇/his
wi/e’s death 他_子的忌日
◊
an increase in deat/is jfh>m cancer 癌症死亡人数的增加
◊
He
died a sZow and death•他缓慢而备苦地死
'去。2 [U]
the end of life; the state of being dead 生命
的终±;堯亡状态：■ Tvi/〇 chfWren were burnt to death in t?ie 戶re (= they died as
a’result of the fire).两个孩子被
大i烧宛。◊ He’s.drinfcing
hfmseZ/to deatfi (= so that it will kill him).他这样喝酒非醉死禾•可。◊ Pare trying.to establish the cause
o/deat/i. 在设法确定死
:■因。◊ Do you beHeve
i’n H/e a/ter death?你相鲁来世
吗？ ◊
a death camp (= a place where prisoners are kilied，usually in a war丨死亡集中营（常疮战争中杀害
.俘虏如地方 V ◊
He was sentenced to deat/i (= to be executed)•他被判处死刑。3 [U}〜of
sth the permanent end or. destruction of sth 7欠 久的灭 亡； 毁灸； 破灭：the death 〇/ my
ptorts我旃有计妞的“灭◊ the
death 〇/his
career他的命业生涯的毁灭4丨also .Death) [U] {literary)
the power that destroys life, imagined as human in form Death is often shown in paintings
05 a human sfceieton.在绘画作品中死神常以骷髅形式出
现。—see also sudden death HT3W1 at death’s 'door (often humorous)
so ill/sick that you may die (' 因病 重）生命危在且夕；病危be the 'death of sb (/n/o/m^ to worry or
upset sb very much让某人担心得要命；使
某人深邊不安：rhose fcids wiZZ be
the death 〇}
| 513 death sentence
or hearing it 做烦了；看腻了；听厌了 ： TTiatjofce’s been
done to death•这个笑话 fM斤腻了。frighten/矣care sb to ■ death to frighten sb very much 把某人吓得要命
look/feel like death warmed up (6r£) (NAmE like death, warmed 'oyer) {informal) to look or feel
very ill/sick or tired看起来病得厉害（或疲惫不堪）；感到很
不舒服（或累得要命）put sb to death to kill sb as a
punishment 处死；处决 EEE1.execute: The prisoner wiH be put to deaths dernm.囚犯将在黎明.时被处死i
:to death extremely; very much 极度；非常：to be bored | to death 腻烦得要命◊ J’m sfcfc to death 〇/your endless
criticism.你这无休止的指责真让我烦巧了。to the death until sb is dead:至死；.到'底；永远：a fight to the death 战.斗到底一more at catch v., cheat v.,
DICE V., DIE V., FATE, FIGHT
V., FLOG, GRIM, KISS /?., LIFE, MATTER n.
death-bed7'de0bed/ not/n [usually sing:] die bed in which sb is
dying or dies 临终床：a deathbed con/essfon/
conversion 临终告解 7
坂依.◊ He toW me
the truth on his deathbed (= as he l^y dying)/他临终肘向我吐露了真
‘清。◊ She was on her deathbed (= going to die very soon).她已:生命垂危。: 0 (/7W/??orow分 Vbu’d
have ter be practically on your deathbed before the doctor would come
and see you/你非要病到一命呜呼的时候医生才会来
看你！
'death blow noun an event that
destroys or puts an end to sth导致毁灭的事情；致命的一击They thought the arrival of
television would deal a death blow to mass cinema audiences.他们认为电视的问世将使观众涌向影院
的现象不复存在>
'death
certificate noun an official document, signed by a doctor,
that states the cause and time of sb's death
死亡证书
'death
duty noun [usually p\.] {old-fashioned,
BrE) = inheritance tax .
'd^9th
knell (also k,ne\\)
nouji [sing.] an event that
means that the end or destruction of sth will come soon丧钟；界t；的征兆；预示毁灭的事件
,dea.t[vless/_de01as/
<7办 never .dying sor forgotten.不.死 的；不朽的；永恒旳 S2Q immortal： [ironic) written in /iis usuardeathZess
prose (= very bad)用他那方进不变 的笔调写成
death-ly /'deGli/ (also less frequent dead-iy) adv. like a dead. person;
suggesting death 死一般地；让人想到死
t： /fer/ace was deathiypaie.她的脸色死一般苍白。：◊ 77ie house was
deatWy sriH•房子死奋。► death.ly :
A deatWy hush/eZZ over the room os he waWced in•也进 去时，房间里变得死一般的寂静。
'de9th mask noun a model of the face of a person who has just died,
made by pressing a soft substance over their face and removing.it when it
becomes hard (用 棄软物质压在死人脸上变硬后取出制成的）死人面部
模型
the 'death penalty noun [sing.] the punishment of being killed that is used in
some countries for very serious crimes 死刑.；极刑：the abolition/retum
of the death penalty 死如的▲除 / 恢复◊ TTie two men
&re /acfng the death penalty.杳二入面临邦刑。
'death rate noun 1 the number of deaths every year for every
l ooo people in the population of a place 死 亡率（燊地每年每1 〇〇〇人的死亡人数）：a hig/1/Iow death rate
高 / 低死.亡率 2 die number of deaths every year from a particular
disease or in a particular group (某#疾_壶某个群体的)死亡率：1>6缸/^缸65介0/71 heart disease have risen considerably in recent years.
年来心脏病的死亡率大大i:升了 <
'death rattle noun [smg.) a sound sometimes heard in the thrQat of a dying
person 临终喉鸣
.death 1 row noun [U] the cells in a prison for prisoners who are
waiting to be killed as punishment for a serious crime 死囚牢房；死.囚'.区prisoners on death row死囚区的犯人
'death sentence noun the legal punishment of being killed ’for a serious
crime.死刑：to be given/to receive t/ie .death
sentence/or murtier•因谋杀罪被判死刑