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Departed Died Uncle Till Death People N 英

英语单词 departed
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
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[ADJ 形容词]去世的;已故的 Departed friends or relatives are people who have died.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [the N]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • ...departed friends.

    已故的朋友

  • The departed are people who have died.死者;去世者;已故者
    • We held services for the departed.

      我们为死者举行了仪式。

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