英语相似词辨析(48):decease,disease
日期:2008-05-24 19:01

(单词翻译:单击)

deceasedisease

这两个词的读音和拼法相似,故易混淆。

Deceasedi'si: s/是“死亡”、“去世”;disease di'zi:z/是“患病”、“疾病”。这两个字都可用作名词和动词,初学英语的人容易将两字误用或把两字的拼写混作一起。

death相比,decease是正式用语,常见于法律条文中。下面请看例句:

Upon the decease of so-and-sothe sum of money will pass to his wife and children

某某死后,整笔钱归他妻子及儿女所有。

The decease rate in that country is very high

那个国家的死亡率很高。

The general's decease left the army without a leader

将军死亡使这支军队群龙无首。

deceased是形容词,意思是“死亡的”、“已故的”,因此,deceased father是“先父”,deceased wife是“亡妻”。

如在deceased之前加个定冠词,其意为“死者”、“亡人”。例如:

The deceased was killed in a road accident

死者是在一次公路事故中身亡的。

The deceased left a large sum of money to his children

死者给儿女们留下了一大笔钱。

下面是disease 的例句:

The task of a doctor is to prevent or cure diseases

医生的职责是预防或冶疗疾病。

Nowadays more and more people treat diseases by acupuncture

如今愈来愈多人用针灸治疗疾病。

Your right lung is diseased

你的右肺有病。

在上面第一和第二个例句中,disease用作名词;在第三句中用作形容词。acute disease是“急性病”;chronic disease是“慢性病”; family disease是“遗传病”。


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重点单词
  • chronicadj. 长期的,慢性的,惯常的
  • acuteadj. 敏锐的,剧烈的
  • preventv. 预防,防止