有关死的英文说法

在日常生活中人们最不愿意谈论的话题就是“死亡”。

然而人们又不得不面临有朝一日“死亡”之来临。“生”与“死”同在,既然有了生就意味着死的开始存在。人的“生”是没有选择余地的,都是从娘肚子里怀胎十月“呱呱坠地”而生的, 而每个人的“死”其形式有很多,“百人百样”,各有选择的。在汉语和英语里对于“死”的单词又是很多的。下面选择一些供“有心人”参考。

to die

to pass away

to pass away(on)

to be gone

口语:pop off(the hooks)

美语口语:cash in one’s checks

俗语: kick the bucket

断气(弥留): to breathe one’s last，

to expire

失去生命:to meet one’s end(death)

to lose one’s life

to perish

to be killed

牺牲 : to sacrifice

to throw away one’s life

to lay down one’s life

终其一生: to end one’s da ys

to end one’s life

去世: to leave this world

to depart this life

to go to the better world

自杀: to kill oneself

to commit suicide

to take one’s own life

to die by one’s own hands

比喻性的说法: to yield up the ghost

to give up the ghost

to pay one’s deb t

to Nature

to join the majority

to cross the Styx

to sink into the grave

to return to dust

to go to one’s rest

to sleep the sleep of death

to sleep eternal sleep

to go the way of all flesh

英语“死亡”表达法知多少

to be asleep in the Arms of God (本义）安睡在上帝的怀中

to be at peace (本义）平静了

to be at rest (本义）在休息

to be called to God (本义）被召唤到上帝那

to be called home (本义）被召回家

to be home and free (本义）到家自由了

to be taken to paradise (本义）被送进天堂

The call of God (本义）上帝的召唤

to depart (本义）离去

The final departure (本义）最后离去

final sleep (本义）最后一觉

to go home (本义）回家

to go to heaven (本义）进天堂

to go to one's long home (本义）回到永久之家

to go to one's own place (本义）回老家

happy land (本义）乐土

to have fallen asleep (本义）入睡了

to have found rest (本义）得到安息

to have gone to a better place(land,world,life)到一个更好得地方去了

in heaven (本义）在天堂

to join one's ancestors (本义）加入先人的行列

join the Great majority (本义）加入大多数

to leave this world (本义）离开今世

to pay one's fee (本义）付费

to rest (本义）休息

to rest in peace (本义）安息

to return to dust (本义）归之尘土

to sleep (本义）长眠

with God (本义）和上帝在一起

with their Father (本义）与圣父在一起

to fall (本义）倒下了

to do one's bit (本义）尽职了

to lay down one's life (本义）放下自己的生命

to be no longer with us (本义）不再与我们在一起了

to be out of pain (本义）摆脱痛苦

to breathe one's last (本义）呼了最后一口气

to cancel one's account (本义）销帐

pay one's last debt (本义）付最后一笔债

to fade away (本义）消失

to make one's exit (本义）退场

to kick off (本义）开球

to be free (本义）解脱了

to be gone (本义）去了

to be no more (本义）不复存在

to close one's eyes (本义）瞑目

to come to an end (本义）结束

to go beyond (本义）到远方去

to expire (本义）呼气

to go off (本义）离去

to go one's last (本义）走到自己的终点to go one's place (本义）回老家

to go to one's resting place (本义）到休息地去to go to west (本义）西去

to kick the bucket (本义）踢翻水桶

to lose one's life (本义）失去了生命

to pass away (本义）离去

to stop living (本义）停止生存

to take one's rest (本义）休息

to shut up the shop (本义）关门