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VERB
（人或动物）惨死，猝死 If people or animals perish, they die as a result of very harsh conditions or as the result of an accident.
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Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.
大多数蝴蝶会在秋天的第一场霜冻来临时纷纷死去。
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...the ferry disaster in which 193 passengers perished.
造成193名乘客丧生的渡船事故
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Buddhism had to adapt to the new world or perish...
佛教必须适应新时代，否则将会消亡。
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Civilizations do eventually decline and perish.
各种文明最后都会衰落、消亡。
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VERB
（物质或材料）老化，腐烂，脆裂 If a substance or material perishes, it starts to fall to pieces and becomes useless.
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Obviously the plaster's just perished and all fallen off...
很明显灰泥已脆裂老化,全剥落下来了。
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Their tyres are slowly perishing.
他们的车胎在慢慢老化。
perished
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...tattered pieces of ancient, perished leather.
磨损得破烂不堪的旧皮革
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CONVENTION
（表示认为建议不可能、荒谬）想都别想，死了心吧，没门儿 If someone says perish the thought, they mean that they think that a suggestion or possibility is unpleasant or ridiculous.
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Me a policeman! Perish the thought!...
我当警察！想都别想了，不可能！
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We don't have a computer (perish the thought) and have only recently bought an electric typewriter.
我们没有电脑（死了心吧），只好最近买了台电动打字机。
- Verb
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1. pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;
- 1. Crowns and thrones may perish.
- 王权不会永存。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Your bodies and names will perish, but the river will flow on for ever -- the names of mediocre writers will be forgottern, but those of the great masters will live.
- 尔曹身与名俱灭，不废江河万古流。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
