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demise

/dih-mahyz/US // dɪˈmaɪz //UK // (dɪˈmaɪz) //

灭亡,消亡,逝世,灭顶之灾

Related Words

collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落dissolution解散,溶解,溶解度,溶解力departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时failure失败,故障,失败者,失效termination终止,终止妊娠,终止合同,终止日期passing逝者如斯夫,逝去的,逝世,逝者extinction灭绝,消灭,灭亡,灭顶之灾curtains窗帘,帘子,帘幕,帷幕end结束,终端,结束语,终止dying奄奄一息,垂死挣扎,垂死的,奄奄一息的decease去世,死亡,逝世,死者ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了annihilation湮灭,歼灭,毁灭,消灭quietus安静,宁静,安静的人sleep睡眠,睡觉,睡眠问题,睡眠时间expiration到期,过期,到期时,到期时间fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒silence沉默,缄默,肃静,沉默寡言last out最后出场,最后出局,最后一次,最后出场的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : death or decease.
    • : termination of existence or operation: the demise of the empire.
    • : Law. a death or decease occasioning the transfer of an estate.a conveyance or transfer of an estate.
    • : Government. transfer of sovereignty, as by the death or deposition of the sovereign.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·mised, de·mis·ing.

    • : Law. to transfer for a limited time; lease.
    • : Government. to transfer, as by the death or abdication of the sovereign.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    de·mised, de·mis·ing.

    • : Law. to pass by bequest, inheritance, or succession.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounfate, usually death
Synonyms
collapse崩溃,坍塌,崩塌,塌陷departure离开,启程,离开的时候,离开时dissolution解散,溶解,溶解度,溶解力downfall垮台,衰落,堕落,沦落extinction灭绝,消灭,灭亡,灭顶之灾failure失败,故障,失败者,失效passing逝者如斯夫,逝去的,逝世,逝者termination终止,终止妊娠,终止合同,终止日期annihilation湮灭,歼灭,毁灭,消灭curtains窗帘,帘子,帘幕,帷幕decease去世,死亡,逝世,死者dying奄奄一息,垂死挣扎,垂死的,奄奄一息的end结束,终端,结束语,终止ending结束,结束时,结尾,结束语expiration到期,过期,到期时,到期时间fall坠落,跌倒,跌落,摔倒quietus安静,宁静,安静的人ruin破坏,毁坏,毁掉,毁了silence沉默,缄默,肃静,沉默寡言sleep睡眠,睡觉,睡眠问题,睡眠时间final thrill最后的惊心动魄,最后的刺激,最后的快感,最后的激动last out最后出场,最后出局,最后一次,最后出场的last roundup上期综述,最后一次综述,最后的综述,最后一次总结lights out熄灯,灭灯,熄灯后,熄灯后的number's up

Examples

  • While some went extinct as early as the 17th century,others may have met their demise by human means even far earlier—namely major Pleistocene megafauna like the woolly rhino.

  • This means even more stars can escape, quickening the cluster’s demise.

  • By the time Clark sent out the last issue in December 2019, after a detached retina left him temporarily blind in one eye, he had chronicled the demise of 16,000 factories, plants, and mills in 17 years.

  • Mack struggles with what the inevitable demise of everything means for humankind.

  • The rest were sudden demises such as poisonings that involved another substance along with alcohol or alcohol-related car crashes.

  • Such statements are rare, as the Guards routinely avoid going public with news about the demise of one of their commanders.

  • Were they innocent victims or did they conduct themselves in a manner that would naturally lead to their demise?

  • It was sad that my first visit to Court Green, which Sylvia had described so enthusiastically, should be after her demise.

  • In the film, Turner begins to think about how his work will be seen after his demise.

  • Ok, so the threatened demise of a social media presence might be a bit of a stretch, but you get the point.

  • At his demise, he was succeeded by Philip A. Bell, who continues to keep one of the leading offices in the city.

  • The bill did not proceed beyond this stage of its progress, in consequence of the demise of the crown.

  • These events were supposed to foreshadow the speedy demise of the Peel administration.

  • His father lamented her demise for about a year, and then married again, several children being the result of this second union.

  • Egerton advised him that the demise was disadvantageous, but that it might be hard to terminate it without Browne's concurrence.

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