每日一句口语 489

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Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.——Tagore

使生如夏花之绚烂，死如秋叶之静美。——泰戈尔

Notes:

1. beautiful

adj. 美丽的，美好的；极好的

eg.

a beautiful girl

漂亮的女孩

a beautiful voice

优美的声音

the true, the good, and the beautiful

真善美

You did a beautiful job of cleaning up the kitchen.

你把厨房打扫得真干净。

2.death

n. 死亡；（某种）死法，死亡方式；病危；死神

常见搭配：

a dog's death

可耻的死; 悲惨的死

After death the doctor.

[谚]人死了才请医生, 太迟了。

(as) pale as death

面如死色

as still as death

极静

as sure as death

千真万确

be death on

擅长..., 是...的能手；酷爱...；非常讨厌；极恨, 极反对

be in at the death

(打猎时)亲眼见到猎物被咬死; 亲眼看到事情的结局或高潮

be scared

吓得要命

be frightened

吓得要命

be the death of

把人笑死(常指笑话)；害死某人, 伤透某人的心；[口]成为...致死的原因, 逼得...苦死

be tickled¹ to death

使人高兴极了; 使人心满意足; 使人笑破肚皮

Better a glorious death than a shameful² life.

[谚]与其忍辱偷生, 莫若光荣而死。

bleed to death

因流血过多致死

bore sb. to death

使某人讨厌得要死

catch one's death (of cold)

患重感冒(夸张说法)；患了不治之症

cling like grim death (to)

[口]紧紧抓住, 拼命抓住

hold on like grim death (to)

[口]紧紧抓住, 拼命抓住

dice³ with death

拿性命开玩笑; 冒险

die a dog's death

可耻的死去; 悲惨的死去

die a martyr's death

壮烈牺牲

die a natural death

寿终, 得终天年(与 die a violent death"横死"相对)

die the death

必死；被处死

do to death

杀害；[口]搞得过了头; 重复过多令人生厌或发腻

drink oneself to death

酗酒致死

dry death

非溺死；不流血的死

fed to death

感到厌烦死了

flog to death

重复得使人生厌

freeze to death

冻死

go one's death (on, for)

在...上孤注一掷；为...尽最大努力

like grim death

拼命地, 牢牢地

living death

悲惨的生活; 毫无乐趣的生活

meet one's death

丧命, 死去

put to death

杀死, 处死

raise from death

使复活

raise to life

使复活

sick to death of

对...厌倦极了

sick unto death

病得厉害；极度厌倦

stone sb. to death

用石头将某人砸死

sudden death

暴死；很强烈的酒; 质量很差的威士忌酒

talk to death

[美]唠唠叨叨地说个没完; 无休止地讨论使(议案等)不得通过

to death ...

到极点, ...得要命

to the death

到死; 到底

work oneself to death

使(自己)累得要死, 不休息

worse than death

比死还糟, 非常恶劣

death by misadventure

意外事故造成的死亡

death in the pot

暗藏的危险

Death is the grand leveller.

[谚]黄泉路上无贵贱。

Death knocks at the door.

死神在敲门, 接近死亡。

Death pays all debts. (=Death quits all scores .)

[谚]一死百了。

Death pays all debts. (=Death quits all accounts .)

[谚]一死百了。

death under shield

战死; 阵亡

1 tickled   

（使）发痒( tickle的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）愉快，逗乐

参考例句：

• We were tickled pink to see our friends on television. 在电视中看到我们的一些朋友，我们高兴极了。
• I tickled the baby's feet and made her laugh. 我胳肢孩子的脚，使她发笑。

2 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

3 dice   

n.骰子；vt.把（食物）切成小方块，冒险

参考例句：

• They were playing dice.他们在玩掷骰子游戏。
• A dice is a cube.骰子是立方体。