1. 死;死亡
    Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal.

    e.g. 1.5 million people are in immediate danger of death from starvation.
           150 万人正面临着被饿死的急迫危险。
    e.g. ...the thirtieth anniversary of her death...
           她逝世 30 周年的纪念日

2. (某种）死法，死亡方式
    A particular kind of death is a particular way of dying.

    e.g. They made sure that he died a horrible death...
           他们让他死得很惨。
    e.g. He would rather have a decent death which served some purpose than a meaningless death.
           他宁愿死得其所，也不想无谓地死去。

3. 终结;结束;灭亡;破灭
    The death of something is the permanent end of it.

    e.g. It meant the death of everything he had ever been or ever hoped to be.
           这意味着他过去的一切存在或曾经希望的存在均已终结。
    e.g. ...the death of pop music.
           流行音乐的死亡

4. 病危;行将就木
    If you say that someone is at death's door, you mean they are very ill indeed and likely to die.

    e.g. He told his boss a tale about his mother being at death's door...
           他向老板谎称自己的母亲病危。
    e.g. My dad was the same. He could be at death's door but wouldn't say a word.
           我爸爸也一样。他就算已经病得快不行了也还是会一声不吭。

5. 斗争到底;誓死捍卫
    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.

death的解释

    e.g. He said they did not want war—but if attacked they would fight to the death...
           他说他们不希望有战争——但一旦遭到攻击，定会战斗到底。
    e.g. She'd have fought to the death for that child.
           她会为了那个孩子抗争到底。

6. 生死决斗;殊死决战
    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.

    e.g. ...an eleven-hour fight to the death between a baboon and leopard...
           一只狒狒和一头美洲豹之间长达 11小时的殊死搏斗
    e.g. He now faces a fight to the death to reach the quarter-finals.
           他现在面临一场杀入四分之一决赛的殊死决战。

7. 生死攸关的;至关重要的
    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.

death的反义词

    e.g. Well, never mind, John, it's not a matter of life and death...
           好了，约翰，别太在意了。这又不是什么生死攸关的大事。
    e.g. We're dealing with a life-and-death situation here...
           我们正面临一个生死关头。

8. 被处死;被处决
    If someone is put to death, they are executed.

    e.g. Those put to death by firing squad included three generals.
           行刑队处决的那些人里有 3 名将军。

9. (用于动词后）以致死亡
    You use to death after a verb to indicate that a particular action or process results in someone's death.

    e.g. He was stabbed to death.
           他被刀刺中身亡。
    e.g. ...relief missions to try to keep the country's population from starving to death...
           努力确保该国人民不被饿死的救援任务

10. (用于形容词或动词后，表示强调)吓得要死/无聊得要命
    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.

    e.g. He scares teams to death with his pace and power...
           他的速度之快、力量之大让其他队胆战不已。
    e.g. Whereas 10 years ago I would have worried myself to death about it, now I accept it is part of the game...
           10 年前我会为此担心得要命，但现在我接受了它是游戏的一部分。

11. 使…累死累活地工作（或劳动）
      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.

      e.g. They worked themselves to death but never lost their humour.
             他们累死累活地干活，但却从没有丢掉幽默感。