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. 死于 …… : die of /die from This is because each year millions of smokers die from smoking. die from/ die of 均可表示“因 ……而死亡” 。 指疾病造成的死亡用 die of 和 die from均可。 die from還可表示因外部創(chuàng)傷或間接的原因而死。如 : die from a wound, die from overwork, die from polluted air die of 常指因內(nèi)部原因造成的死亡 , 如 :疾病、饑渴、年老、悲傷、事故等。 die of disease/hunger/old age/sadness/ accident die by 指死于暴力 , 刀或劍等兇器。如 : die by the sword/hanging die for 為某種事業(yè)或目的而死。如 : die for one’s country/ the people/ the revolutionary cause die in poverty 因貧窮而死 die away 逐漸減弱、消失 die out 絕跡、滅亡 The noise died out. This customer has died out in China. be dying for 極想得到 …… She is dying for a piano of her own. They are dying for a visit to the Great Wall