记忆方法
1. from per- "through" + ire "go" (see ion) => perire "be lost, perish," literally "go through" => perish.
2. 易混词注意区分：parish, perish.
2. 易混词注意区分：parish, perish.
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词族 · perish
中文词源
perish 死亡，毁灭
来自古法语periss-,来自拉丁语perire,走完，走尽，来自per-,穿过，完全的，ire,走，行程，词源同exit,itinerary.引申词义死亡，毁灭。-iss,分词格。
英语词源
- perish (v.)
- mid-13c., from periss- present participle stem of Old French perir "perish, be lost, be shipwrecked" (12c.), from Latin perire "to be lost, perish," literally "to go through," from per- "through, completely, to destruction" (see per) + ire "to go" (see ion). Related: Perished; perishing.
权威例句
- 1. Buddhism had to adapt to the new world or perish.
- 佛教必须适应新时代，否则将会消亡。
- 2. Me a policeman! Perish the thought!
- 我当警察！想都别想了，不可能！
- 3. Crowns and thrones may perish.
- 王权不会永存.
- 4. We don't have a computer (perish the thought) and have only recently bought an electric typewriter.
- 我们没有电脑（死了心吧），只好最近买了台电动打字机。
- 5. Your bodies and names will perish, but the river will flow on for ever -- the names of mediocre writers will be forgottern, but those of the great masters will live.
- 尔曹身与名俱灭, 不废江河万古流.
词语辨析
【expire, pass away, perish, die, decease】
这组词都有“死”的意思，其区别是：
expire: 委婉用词。从本义“从肺部吐出气来”引申为吐出最后一口气，断气而死。
pass away: 是die的委婉用语。
perish: 书面用词，多指夭折或不幸暴亡。
die: 最普通用词，指某人或某物失去生命而永远不存在。
decease: 正式用词，多指法律上的用语。
这组词都有“死”的意思，其区别是：
expire: 委婉用词。从本义“从肺部吐出气来”引申为吐出最后一口气，断气而死。
pass away: 是die的委婉用语。
perish: 书面用词，多指夭折或不幸暴亡。
die: 最普通用词，指某人或某物失去生命而永远不存在。
decease: 正式用词，多指法律上的用语。