巧学妙思:关于“死”(die)的辨析 一、英语同义词辨析:die from, die of, die for, die off和die out (1)die from和die of作“因……而死”解,其宾语表示死亡的原因,当表示因病而死时,两者都可以。如:die of/from illness(因病而死),die of/from heart disease/cancer死于心脏病、癌症。具体使用时die of一般用于害病,疲劳,寒冷,饥渴,年老,失望,悲伤等感情原因等造成死亡;die from常用于由于外部创伤或间接的原因致死,如由于衰弱,饮食过度,劳累或不明原因致死。如: He died of joy/fear/disappointment/grief/disease/old age/hunger/cold. 他死于高兴/恐惧/失望/悲伤/疾病/年老/饥饿/寒冷。 He died from an accident/ a wound/ disease/ overwork/ polluted air/ carelessness/ some unknown cause. 他死于事故/受伤/疾病/过度劳累/污染的空气/粗心/不明原因。 (2)die for意为“为……而死,为……而献身”,表示因为事业或目的而死。 The soldier died for his country/the revolutionary cause/the people/liberty/the national dignity. 战士为国家/革命事业/人民/自由/国家的尊严而献身。 (3)die off表示相继死去,直到绝种的意思。其后不能接宾语。 The poor children died off because of lack of food. 由于缺乏食品孩子们一个个死去。 (4)die out意为“死光,绝种,(火等)熄灭”,后不接宾语。 The fired died out.火灭了。 Dinosaurs died out.恐龙灭绝了。 The old traditions are dying out.旧的传统正在消失。 (5)die的名词为death,形容词为dead ,现在分词为dying。 二、die/dead/dying/death “死”法不同 [高手出招] ( 1 ) The old woman __________ten years ago. 1 / 3 ( 2 ) She was working on the day of her_______________. ( 3 ) I think the sick man is____________. ( 4 ) He has been ____________for three years. [一语击破] die 是表示短暂性动作的动词,意为“死亡”、“断气”,指生命的结束,强调动作。如: The girl's grandpa died five years ago. 注意: die 不可和一段时间的状语连用。 (误) He has died for two years. (正) he has been dead for two years. dead 是形容词,意为“死的”,通常和 be 动词连用,表示死的状态。如: Her father has been dead for one year. dying 是 die 的现在分词,常用作形容词,意思是“要死的”、“濒临死亡的”。如: The old man is dying. death 是 die 的名词形式,意为“死、死亡”。如: It makes me very sad when I think of my grandpa's death. 2 / 3 本文来源:https://www.wddqw.com/doc/83d1004c8562caaedd3383c4bb4cf7ec4bfeb675.html