demise

英 [dɪ'maɪz] 美 [dɪ'maɪz]

• n. 死亡；转让房产；让位
• v. 让渡；遗赠；转让；死亡

英英释义

Noun:

1. the time when something ends;

   "it was the death of all his plans"
   "a dying of old hopes"
   

Verb:

1. transfer by a lease or by a will

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. This loss led to the demise of the business.
   这一损失导致了公司的倒闭。
2. Upon his demise his house passed to his son.
   他故世后，房子便传给了儿子。
3. The demise of the old man's property cause much dispute upon his death.
   老人死时，财产的让渡问题引起许多争执。

经典引文

• Her father's considerable estate, on his demise..went with the name.

  出自： S. Richardson

• The Odyssey does not bring us to the demise of Odusseus.

  出自： Gladstone

• The war of 1914s18 had hastened the demise of the tightly swathed skirt.

  出自： C. Beaton

词汇搭配

• demise charter [经] 只租船不带船...
• demise clause [经] 光船租船条款...
• demise charter party 空船租船契约,转让租...
• charter by demise 光船租赁

近反义词

【近义词】

• death 死
• departure 出发
• decease 【U】死
• passing 通过
• expiry 满期
• expiration 终止
• end 结束
• termination 终止
• finish 完成
• failure 失败
• ruin 毁灭
• downfall 垮台
• dying 垂死的