英语词典 · 单词释义
perish
英 ['perɪʃ] 美 ['pɛrɪʃ]
这里集中整理“perish”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- vt. 使麻木；毁坏
- vi. 死亡；毁灭；腐烂；枯萎
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
第三人称单数: perishes;过去式: perished;过去分词: perished;现在分词: perishing;
助记提示
1. from per- "through" + ire "go" (see ion) => perire "be lost, perish," literally "go through" => perish.
2. 易混词注意区分：parish, perish.
2. 易混词注意区分：parish, perish.
中文词源
perish 死亡，毁灭
来自古法语periss-,来自拉丁语perire,走完，走尽，来自per-,穿过，完全的，ire,走，行程，词源同exit,itinerary.引申词义死亡，毁灭。-iss,分词格。
英文词源
- perish (v.)
- mid-13c., from periss- present participle stem of Old French perir "perish, be lost, be shipwrecked" (12c.), from Latin perire "to be lost, perish," literally "to go through," from per- "through, completely, to destruction" (see per) + ire "to go" (see ion). Related: Perished; perishing.
双语例句
- 1. Buddhism had to adapt to the new world or perish.
- 佛教必须适应新时代，否则将会消亡。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Me a policeman! Perish the thought!
- 我当警察！想都别想了，不可能！
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Crowns and thrones may perish.
- 王权不会永存.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. We don't have a computer (perish the thought) and have only recently bought an electric typewriter.
- 我们没有电脑（死了心吧），只好最近买了台电动打字机。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Your bodies and names will perish, but the river will flow on for ever -- the names of mediocre writers will be forgottern, but those of the great masters will live.
- 尔曹身与名俱灭, 不废江河万古流.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》