die; pass away

❖ die意为“死”，为普通用语，仅说明生命终止。后面可接of sth 或from sth说明引起死亡的原因。die of和die from后面都可接疾病、饥饿等。die of后面还可接fright, shame, shock, grief等词表示所受影响的程度非常大。如：I'm dying of thirst. 我渴得要命。

❖ pass away意为“逝世，去世”，为委婉用语。

• gymnastics
• widespread
• explanation
• decline
• the second
• available
• skip
• meeting
• receipt
• Olympics
• century
• -ing
• fulfil
• traffic
• eliminate
• criterion
• speak
• at; in
• any; some
• retell
• limit
• painter
• above all
• can
• hire; rent