新视野大学英语朗读 第1册 Unit 3:Language Point 37
日期:2012-04-28 09:42

(单词翻译:单击)

He has been gone many years now, ... (Para. 12)
Meaning: He has been dead for many years now.
"Be gone" is a more pleasant, less direct way of saying "be dead". This use of language is called euphemism.

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