Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Annan, the former United Nations secretary general.
出自-2011年6月閱讀原文
a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum's report was "a methodological embarrassment" because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受傷害的) regions
出自-2011年6月閱讀原文
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N-VAR
死;死亡
Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal.
例句
1.5 million people are in immediate danger of death from starvation.
150 萬人正面臨著被餓死的急迫危險。
...the thirtieth anniversary of her death...
她逝世 30 周年的紀念日
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N-COUNT
(某種）死法，死亡方式
A particular kind of death is a particular way of dying.
例句
They made sure that he died a horrible death...
他們讓他死得很慘。
He would rather have a decent death which served some purpose than a meaningless death.
他寧愿死得其所，也不想無謂地死去。
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N-SING
終結;結束;滅亡;破滅
The death of something is the permanent end of it.
例句
It meant the death of everything he had ever been or ever hoped to be.
這意味著他過去的一切存在或曾經希望的存在均已終結。
...the death of pop music.
流行音樂的死亡
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PHRASE
病危;行將就木
If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die.
例句
He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death's door...
他向老板謊稱自己的母親病危。
My dad was the same. He could be at death's door but wouldn't say a word.
我爸爸也一樣。他就算已經病得快不行了也還是會一聲不吭。
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PHRASE
斗爭到底;誓死捍衛
If you say that you will fight to the death for something, you are emphasizing that you will do anything to achieve or protect it, even if you suffer as a consequence.
例句
He said they did not want war—but if attacked they would fight to the death...
他說他們不希望有戰爭——但一旦遭到攻擊，定會戰斗到底。
She'd have fought to the death for that child.
她會為了那個孩子抗爭到底。
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PHRASE
生死決斗;殊死決戰
If you refer to a fight or contest as a fight to the death, you are emphasizing that it will not stop until the death or total victory of one of the opponents.
例句
...an eleven-hour fight to the death between a baboon and leopard...
一只狒狒和一頭美洲豹之間長達 11小時的殊死搏斗
He now faces a fight to the death to reach the quarter-finals.
他現在面臨一場殺入四分之一決賽的殊死決戰。
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PHRASE
生死攸關的;至關重要的
If you say that something is a matter of life and death, you are emphasizing that it is extremely important, often because someone may die or suffer great harm if people do not act immediately.
例句
Well, never mind, John, it's not a matter of life and death...
好了，約翰，別太在意了。這又不是什么生死攸關的大事。
We're dealing with a life-and-death situation here...
我們正面臨一個生死關頭。
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PHRASE
被處死;被處決
If someone is put to death, they are executed.
例句
Those put to death by firing squad included three generals.
行刑隊處決的那些人里有 3 名將軍。
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PHRASE
(用于動詞后）以致死亡
You use to death after a verb to indicate that a particular action or process results in someone's death.
例句
He was stabbed to death.
他被刀刺中身亡。
...relief missions to try to keep the country's population from starving to death...
努力確保該國人民不被餓死的救援任務
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PHRASE
(用于形容詞或動詞后，表示強調)嚇得要死/無聊得要命
You use to death after an adjective or a verb to emphasize the action, state, or feeling mentioned. For example, if you are frightened to death or bored to death, you are extremely frightened or bored.
例句
He scares teams to death with his pace and power...
他的速度之快、力量之大讓其他隊膽戰不已。
Whereas 10 years ago I would have worried myself to death about it, now I accept it is part of the game...
10 年前我會為此擔心得要命，但現在我接受了它是游戲的一部分。
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PHRASE
使…累死累活地工作（或勞動）
If you say that someone works another person to death, you are emphasizing that they make them work very hard indeed, especially in a way that seems cruel or unfair.
例句
They worked themselves to death but never lost their humour.
他們累死累活地干活，但卻從沒有丟掉幽默感。