詞彙精選：pass away的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
phr.
去世
例句：
his violent death was euphemistically referred to as a passing away.
他的突然死亡被委婉地稱作去世。
例句：
When we pass away, they will continue to live.
當我們過世的時候，他們將會繼續住。
消磨時間，過去
例句：
As the time passes by, she started to pine away.
隨着時間的流逝，她也日漸衰老。
二、詞義辨析：
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”引申爲吐出最後一口氣，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。
三、參考例句：
"Pass away" is a euphemism for "die".
“去世”是“死”的委婉語。
"Pass away" is an euphemism for "die".
“過世”是“死”的委婉語。
Do you think he'll pass away?
你認爲他會死嗎？
When we pass away, they will continue to live.
當我們過世的時候，他們將會繼續住。
Three things soon pass away: the echo of the woods, the rainbow, and woman's beauty.
三樣東西最易消逝：樹林的迴響，彩虹和婦女的美貌。
Like flies in amber, like corpses frozen in ice, that which according to the law of nature should pass away is, by the miracle of ink on paper, preserved.
然而就像琥珀中的飛蟲、冰川中的古屍，通過紙上的墨水他們奇蹟般的被保存了下來。
