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辨析
die from, die of, die for, die
off
和
die out
等
die
out
绝种
,
死光
die
of
意为
“因??而死”（原因多来自内
部如情感、冻饿、生病等），其后跟
hunger
，
cold, illness, old age, a fever, heat
等名词
,
die
from
意为“由于??而死”(外因
)
（原因常来自外部创伤、交通事故），其后常跟
wound
，
accident, over work,
carelessness, drinking
等名词。
die for
:
为某种目的而献身、牺牲
还有，一个
die off
是逐渐死去
eg:Many of
them died of starvation.
The soldier
died from a wound in the breast.
Lots of them died for the cause of liberation.
The flowers are dying off because
there has been no rain.
而
Many people died of hunger
before liberation
．
解放前许多人因饥饿死去。
The old man died
from a traffic
accident
．那位老人死于交通事故。
die from, die of, die with, die
by
1. die from
表示死于（枪）伤，虚弱，过度劳累，饮食过度等。如：
The engineer died from overwork.
这个工程师死于操劳过度。
The child died from weakness.
这个孩子因体质太虚弱而死了。
2. die of
表示死于疾病，饥饿，寒冷，年老等；死
于忧愁，失恋等精神因素。如：
The man died of lung-c
ancer(
肺癌
)
。
这个人死于肺癌。
The beggar died of hunger and cold.
这个乞丐死于饥饿和寒冷。
3. die with
表示死于某种精神因素。
(
也可用
die
of)
如：
The old
woman died with anger (horror).
这个老妇人震怒致死。（惊恐致死）
She died with grief (deep sorrow).
她悲伤致死。
4. die by
表示死于暴力等。如：
The
young girl died by her own hand.
这个年轻的女孩自杀而死。
练习：
1. He died _____ the
traffic accident last week.
A. of
B. from C. with
2. This old man
died _____ solitude, because his son
deserted(
抛弃
) him.
A. by B. from C. of
Key: B C
1
dead/ die/
death/ dying
(1) dead
是形容词，意思为“死了的、无生命的”，表示状态，可以与一段时间连用，多
用作表语。
The tree has been
dead for ten years.
这棵树死了有十年了。
The rabbits are all dead.
这些兔子都是死的。
(2) die
(
过去式和过去分词
died)
是动
词，意思为“死、死亡”，是一个瞬间动词，不能
与一段时间连用。
My grandpa died two years ago.
我爷爷两年前去世了。
The old man died of cancer.
老人死于癌症。
(3) death
是名词，意思为“死亡、去世”等，一般作主语或宾语。
The memorial hall was built one
year after his death.
他死后一年，纪念馆建成
了。
His death is a great loss to us.
他的死是我们的巨大损失。
(4)
dying
是
die
的现在分词
，用作形容词，意思是“垂死的、即将死去的”，作定语或
表语。
The doctors have saved the dying
man.
医生们救活了那个垂死的人。
The poor dog had no food, it was
dying.
可怜的狗没有食物，快要饿死了。
1. keep doing/ keep on doing
(1) keep doing
指的是连续地、坚持不断地做某事，中间不间断。
It kept blowing for a whole day.
刮了一整天风了。
The
temperature keeps dropping.
温度持续下降。
(2) keep
on doing
是指反复坚持做某事，但动作之间略有间隔。
They have kept on writing to each
other for many years.
他们已经互相通信多年
了。
After drinking some water, he kept
on talking.
喝了一些水后，他坚持讲话。
2. seem/ look
(1) seem
一般着重于以客观迹象为依据，意思是“似乎、好象、看起来??”。
The baby seems to be happy.
婴儿看上去似乎很高兴。
He seemed to be sorry for that.
他似乎为那件事感到抱歉。
seem
能与
to do
结构连用，而
look
不能。
It seems
to rain.
似乎要下雨了。
They seemed to have finished their work.
他们似乎已经完成了工作。
在
it
作形式主语的句型中只能用
seem
。
It
seems that he is quite busy now.
他现在看起来很忙。
It
seems to us that there is nothing serious.
在我看来没什么大不了的。
(2)
look
用作“看起来；好像”时，常从物体的外观或样貌上来判断，是以视觉所接受
的
印象为依据的。
The
room looks clean.
这间房看起来很干净。
The girl looks like her mother.
那女孩看起来向她的妈妈。
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