demise
/dɪˈmaɪz/
- n.
- 崩,薨,死亡
- vt.
- 让渡,遗赠,转让
中文释义来自 ECDICT
词源链
- 英语English
demise
词源说明
From Middle English demyse, dimise, dimisse, dymyse, from Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre (“to put down, relinquish”); from Latin dēmissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of dēmittō. The "death" and "end" senses derive by way of euphemism from the legal sense, as a person's death was a common way that the legal demise could be accomplished.
The verb is from Middle English dimisen, from the noun.
释义
名词noun
- 1(law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
- 2Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
- 3countableDeath; decease.
- 4countableThe end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.
- 5(technology