pass away
英 [pɑ:s əˈwei] 美 [pæs əˈwe]

释义

（时间等）消磨掉；去世；终止；停止

英英释义

pass away

• v.
  • pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

    同义词：diedeceaseperishgoexitexpirepasskick the bucketcash in one's chipsbuy the farmconkgive-up the ghostdrop deadpop offchokecroaksnuff it

  • go out of existence

同近义词辨析

expire, pass away, perish, die, decease

这组词都有“死”的意思，其区别是：

expire委婉用词。从本义“从肺部吐出气来”引申为吐出最后一口气，断气而死。

pass away是die的委婉用语。

perish书面用词，多指夭折或不幸暴亡。

die最普通用词，指某人或某物失去生命而永远不存在。

decease正式用词，多指法律上的用语。

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

1. We were shocked to learn of his passing away.
   我们惊悉他不幸逝世。
2. I am sorry to hear that he passed away last month.
   听说他上个月逝世了，我很难过。
3. He would rhyme away the long evenings.
   他常常以作诗消磨长夜。
4. Love makes the time pass.Time makes love pass.
   爱可以消磨时间，时光可以打发爱情。
5. The rumbling of the train slowly died away.
   火车的隆隆声慢慢消逝了。
6. The shout from his heart never faded away in the snow field.
   这心灵的呐喊从未消逝。

权威例句

All Things Must Pass Away
All Things Must Pass Away Online: Bereavement on Social Media
When Heroes Pass Away: The Invention of a Chinese Communist Pantheon
Earth's Proud Empires Pass Away: Britain's Moment in the Middle East
All Space Will Pass Away: The Spiritual, Spaceless and Incorporeal Heaven of Valentin Weigel (1533–1588)
‘… Earth’s proud empires pass away…’: The glorification and critique of power in songs and hymns of Imperial Britain
“If only there would pass away the horror of those hands!”: Cholmondeley, Jerome and the Woman’s Touch in the Fin de Siècle City
Interest rate pass-through in central and Eastern Europe: Reborn from ashes merely to pass away?
Mao Zedong's Exposition of Lu Xun——In honor of the seventieth anniversary of Lu Xun's pass away
Arrangement and Enlightenment on Mount-urbanology Theory and Practice:Memorize of Mr. Huang Guangyu Pass Away Ten Years