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die of/from sth
死于疾病、饥饿、衰老等内因用 of，死于外伤、事故等外因常用 from。
She died of a heart attack.
她死于心脏病发作。
死；死亡
dies — third person singular of die
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
死；死亡
to stop living; to become dead
She died of a heart attack.
她死于心脏病发作。
停止生存；死亡；经历死亡。
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
(停止生存并)经历(某种特定的死亡)。
To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
极度渴望。
To yearn intensely.
精神上死亡；失去希望。
To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
die
Base
原形
dies
3rd person
第三人称单数
dying
-ing
现在分词
died
Past
过去式
died
Past participle
过去分词
He dies in the accident.
他死于事故。
Many soldiers died in the war.
许多士兵在战争中死亡。
The patient is dying.
病人正在濒临死亡。
die是规则动词，过去式和过去分词为died，现在分词为dying（去e加ing）。
My grandfather died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 95.
我的祖父在睡梦中安详地去世，享年95岁。
The cat was hit by a car and died instantly.
那只猫被车撞到，当场死亡。
If you don't water the plant, it will soon die.
如果你不给植物浇水，它很快就会枯死。
死于疾病、饥饿、衰老等内因用 of，死于外伤、事故等外因常用 from。
She died of a heart attack.
她死于心脏病发作。
强调为某种信念或事业牺牲。
He died for his country.
他为国捐躯。
指物种、习俗、语言等逐渐消失。
Many languages are dying out.
许多语言正在消亡。
Not this
He died cancer.
Use this
He died of cancer.
中文学习者容易遗漏介词 'of'，因为中文里'死于癌症'不需要介词；但英语中'die'是不及物动词，表原因时需加介词'of'或'from'。
Not this
I am die.
Use this
I am dead.
中文里'死'既是动词也是形容词，学习者常误用动词形式代替形容词；英语中动词'die'不能做表语，应使用形容词'dead'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
死于（疾病、饥饿、衰老等）
He died of a heart attack.
他死于心脏病发作。
死于（外伤、事故等外因）
Many people die from traffic accidents every year.
每年许多人死于交通事故。
为…而死；渴望（口语）
Soldiers died for their country.
士兵们为祖国而牺牲。
灭绝；消失
Some languages are dying out.
一些语言正在消亡。
逐渐平息；减弱
The wind died down in the evening.
风在傍晚时平息了。
难以改变；顽固不化
Old habits die hard.
旧习难改。
笑死
I almost died laughing at his joke.
听了他的笑话我差点笑死。
寿终正寝
The tradition died a natural death over the centuries.
这一传统历经数百年后自然消亡了。
死去，入睡——入睡，或许还会做梦。
From Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' soliloquy, reflecting on death.
出自哈姆雷特的‘生存还是毁灭’独白，思考死亡。
活着并让别人死。
Title of a James Bond film and song, about accepting mortality.
一部詹姆斯·邦德电影和歌曲的标题，关于接受死亡。
Use dies naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
die（死亡）发音似中文‘歹’，歹徒作恶终将死亡，记住‘歹’即‘死’。
中性; 常用于日常对话、新闻报道和文学作品。在口语中也可用于夸张表达，但主要义项仍为"死亡"。
die为不及物动词，无被动语态，常见介词搭配：die of/from（死于疾病或原因），die for（为...而死），die in（在...中死亡）。
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