英语单词 | departed |
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英美音标 | 英 [dɪ'pɑːtɪd] 美 [dɪ'pɑːrtɪd] |
中文释义 | adj.过去的;已往的;死了的 动词depart的过去式和过去分词. |
英语例句 | (1) He cherished the memory of his departed youth. (2) The voice of his departed mother still rings in his sears. |
中文例句 | (1) 他缅怀他那一去不复返的青春年华。 (2) 他去世母亲的声音仍在他耳边回响。 |
vocabulary简明 | Something that's departed is gone, or happened in the distant past. An archaeologist might unearth artifacts from a departed era. |
vocabulary扩展 | Anything that's past or long gone is departed, including a person who has died. When your friend talks about her dear, departed Uncle Bob, you know that Uncle Bob is no longer living. The word has been a euphemism for "dead" since at least the 16th century — the traditional wedding service once read "till death us depart," rather than today's "till death do us part." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]去世的;已故的 Departed friends or relatives are people who have died. [usu ADJ n] [ [LITERARY 文]
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