decease

詞意辨析：

decease, disease

這兩個單詞的拼寫僅有一個字母不同。
decease: ／di'si: s／是“死亡”、“去世”；與death相比，decease是正式用語，常見於法律條文中。

• Upon the decease of so-and-so，the sum of money will pass to his wife and children.
  某某死後，整筆錢歸他妻子及兒女所有。
• The decease rate in that country is very high.
  那個國家的死亡率很高。
• The general's decease left the army without a leader.
  將軍死亡使這支軍隊群龍無首。

disease: ／di'zi:z／是“患病”、“疾病”。acute disease是“急性病”；chronic disease是“慢性病”； family disease是“遺傳病”。

• The task of a doctor is to prevent or cure diseases.
  醫生的職責是預防或冶療疾病。
• Nowadays more and more people treat diseases by acupuncture.
  如今愈來愈多人用針灸治療疾病。
• Your right lung is diseased.
  你的右肺有病。

die, decease, expire, perish, pass away

這些動詞或短語動詞均有“死”或“死亡”之意。
die: 最普通用詞，指某人或某物失去生命而永遠不存在。
decease: 正式用詞，多指法律上的用語。
expire: 委婉用詞。從本義“從肺部吐出氣來”引申為吐出最後一口氣，斷氣而死。
perish: 書面用詞，多指夭折或不幸暴亡。
pass away: 是die的委婉用語。英文字典

詞型變化：

動詞過去式:deceased 過去分詞:deceased 現在分詞:deceasing 第三人稱單數:deceases 

英文解釋：

名詞 decease:

1. the event of dying or departure from life
   同義詞：death, expiry

動詞 decease:

1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   同義詞：die, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it

　

相關對話：

1. His decease made us very sad.
   他的去世使我們非常悲傷。