| 单词 | demise |
| 释义 | demise (once / 2738 pages) nv Resort to the noun demise when you describe the end, termination, or death of something or someone. Demise is mostly used in medical or legal language, or when someone wants to sound either formal or euphemistic. The word entered English from French demettre which means "to dismiss," from the Latin word mittere, meaning "let go, send." And you might think, after reading this quote from E. Phillips Oppenheim, that demise sounds somewhat old-fashioned: "That my demise would have been a relief to you I can, of course, easily believe, but the means — they surely were not worthy of your ingenuity." WORD FAMILYdemise: demised, demises USAGE EXAMPLESWhy is Johnson prattling on about some cave bear that met its demise 43,000 years ago in what is today Slovenia? Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Over the past 44 years, he’s seen a lot of change: the demise of the three-martini lunch. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Five years ago, the demise of the music industry seemed almost inevitable. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) 1n the time when something ends Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper death, dying birth the time when something begins (especially life) grave death of a person end, ending the point in time at which something ends 2v transfer by a lease or by a will Hyper transfer cause to change ownership |
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