| 英语单词 | obituary |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ə'bɪtʃuəri] 美 [oʊ'bɪtʃueri] |
| 中文释义 | n.讣告 adj.死亡的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Five days after the letter came, he found Andersen's obituary in the morning paper. (2) The obituary records the whole life of the deceased. (3) I never want to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 收到那封信五天后,他在早报上发现了安德森的讣告。 (2) 讣文记述了这位死者的生平。 (3) 我从未想过看到人家死,但有几段讣闻,我是欣然拜读过了。 |
| vocabulary简明 | An obituary is the notice of someone's death. It is placed in the newspaper to alert others to the death. It gives a background about the deceased's life, usually listing survivors and giving funeral information. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The noun obituary, which appears in English in the early 18th century, comes from the Latin obīre, where ob- means "toward," and īre, "to go," suggesting a "going toward" one's death. The first obituary as we know it probably appeared shortly after the invention of the printing press and included just the bare facts of the death. In 19th-century England, the announcements became more elaborate, and photos were added in the 20th century, making the modern obituary more like an elaborate eulogy. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](报纸上或广播里的)讣告,讣闻 Someone's obituary is an account of their life and character which is printed in a newspaper or broadcast soon after they die. [oft poss N]
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