5PHRASE 斗争到底;誓死捍卫 If you say that you will fight to the death for something, you are emphasizing that you will do anything to achieve or protect it, even if you suffer as a consequence. 斗争到底;誓死捍卫 [emphasis]
He said they did not want war—but if attacked they would fight to the death.
他说他们不希望有战争—但一旦遭到攻击,定会战斗到底。
She'd have fought to the death for that child.
她会为了那个孩子抗争到底。
6PHRASE 生死决斗;殊死决战 If you refer to a fight or contest as a fight to the death, you are emphasizing that it will not stop until the death or total victory of one of the opponents. 生死决斗;殊死决战 [emphasis]
...an eleven-hour fight to the death between a baboon and leopard.
一只狒狒和一头美洲豹之间长达 11小时的殊死搏斗
He now faces a fight to the death to reach the quarter-finals.
他现在面临一场杀入四分之一决赛的殊死决战。
7PHRASE 生死攸关的;至关重要的 If you say that something is a matter of life and death, you are emphasizing that it is extremely important, often because someone may die or suffer great harm if people do not act immediately. 生死攸关的;至关重要的 [emphasis]
Well, never mind, John, it's not a matter of life and death.
好了,约翰,别太在意了。这又不是什么生死攸关的大事。
We're dealing with a life-and-death situation here.
我们正面临一个生死关头。
It is only a hobby, not a life or death struggle.
这只是一项爱好,不需要拼死拼活地努力。
8PHRASE 被处死;被处决 If someone is put to death, they are executed. 被处死;被处决 [formal]
Those put to death by firing squad included three generals.
行刑队处决的那些人里有 3 名将军。
9PHRASE (用于动词后)以致死亡 You use to death after a verb to indicate that a particular action or process results in someone's death. (用于动词后)以致死亡
He was stabbed to death.
他被刀刺中身亡。
...relief missions to try to keep the country's population from starving to death.
努力确保该国人民不被饿死的救援任务
He almost bled to death after the bullet severed an artery.
子弹穿过动脉,他失血过多几乎性命不保。
10PHRASE (用于形容词或动词后,表示强调)吓得要死/无聊得要命 You use to death after an adjective or a verb to emphasize the action, state, or feeling mentioned. For example, if you are frightened to death or bored to death, you are extremely frightened or bored. (用于形容词或动词后,表示强调)吓得要死/无聊得要命
He scares teams to death with his pace and power.
他的速度之快、力量之大让其他队胆战不已。
Whereas 10 years ago I would have worried myself to death about it, now I accept it is part of the game.
10 年前我会为此担心得要命,但现在我接受了它是游戏的一部分。
I went out last night, but not for very long. I was bored to death.
昨晚我出去了,但没有呆很久。我感觉无聊透了。
11PHRASE [VERB inflects]使…累死累活地工作(或劳动) If you say that someone works another person to death, you are emphasizing that they make them work very hard indeed, especially in a way that seems cruel or unfair. 使…累死累活地工作(或劳动) [emphasis]
They worked themselves to death but never lost their humour.
他们累死累活地干活,但却从没有丢掉幽默感。
Quotations
Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou returnBible: Genesis
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for theeJohn DonneLXXX Sermons
To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not deadSamuel ButlerNotebooks
Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer existEpicurusletter to Menoeceus
Death hath so many doors to let out lifeJohn FletcherThe Custom of the Country
I could not look on Death, which being known, Men led me to him, blindfold and aloneRudyard KiplingEpitaphs of the War
One dies only once, and it's for such a long timeMolièreLe Dépit Amoureux
I want death to find me planting my cabbages, but caring little for it, and even less for the imperfections of my gardenMontaigneEssais
Anyone can stop a man's life, but no one his death; a thousand doors open on to itSenecaPhoenissae
Death hath ten thousand doors For men to take their exitsJohn WebsterThe Duchess of Malfi
After the first death, there is no otherDylan ThomasA refusal to mourn the death, by fire, of a child in London
Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to itFrancis BaconEssays
Fear death? - to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my faceRobert BrowningProspice
Death never takes the wise man by surprise; he is always ready to goJean de la FontaineFables
If there wasn't death, I think you couldn't go onStevie Smith
My name is Death: the last best friend am IRobert SoutheyThe Curse of Kehama
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?Bible: I Corinthians
It is good to die before one has done anything deserving deathAnaxandridesfragment
Fear of death is worse than death itselfWilliam ShakespeareKing Lear
I have been half in love with easeful deathJohn KeatsOde to a Nightingale
How wonderful is death, Death and his brother sleep!Percy Bysshe ShelleyQueen Mab
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evilBible: Psalm 23
Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not soJohn DonneHoly Sonnets
We all labour against our own cure, for death is the cure of all diseasesThomas BrowneReligio Medici
Death is nature's way of telling you to slow downAnon.
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the otherFrancis BaconEssays
Death and taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of themMargaret MitchellGone with the Wind
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the intervalGeorge SantayanaSoliloquies in England
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxesBenjamin Franklinletter to Jean Baptiste Le Roy