pass away

漢語翻譯

詞意辨析：

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。

英文解釋：

動詞 pass away:

1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
   同義詞：die, decease, perish, go, exit, 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
2. go out of existence

例句：

1. `Pass away' is a euphemism for `die'.
   ｀去世＇是｀死＇的委婉說法。
2. Our director passed away at eight o'clock last night.
   我們董事長於昨晚八時去世。
3. That famous mathematician passed away yesterday.
   昨天，那位著名的數學家去世了。
4. His grandpa passed away last year.
   他的爺爺/外公去年去世了。
5. His grandfather passed away last year.
   他的祖父去年去世了。
6. In this would where all other things die and pass away, gold, and sometimes also silver, remain.
   在這個萬物都會死亡或消失的世界上，惟有金子，有時還有銀子，能長久存在。
7. She passed away in Shanghai on June11, at the advanced age of101.
   她於六月十一日以一百零一歲的高齡在上海逝世。