demise
n. 死亡; (不動產的)轉讓; 讓位
The demise of something or someone is their end or death.
...the demise of the reform movement...
改革運動的消亡
Smoking, rather than genetics, was the cause of his early demise.
導致他英年早逝的原因是吸菸而非遺傳。
1. the time when something ends;
I am pretty sure it will be a major factor in their demise.
我敢斷定這將是導致他們滅亡的一個主要因素.
He studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony.
他研究了那塊殖民地的建立和有人定居以及轉讓.
Today, Monroe remains an enduring icon, even over 50 years after her untimely demise.
今天, 夢露仍然是人們心中的偶像, 即使在她死不逢時的50年之後.
Poor piggies. So friendly and yet unaware of their imminent demise.
可憐的豬仔啊,它們看起來那麼友善,不知死之將至.
Today the demise of the worm and crippling disease it causes may be in sight.
如今,我們已經可以預見到這種蠕蟲的滅亡以及這種蠕蟲引起的慢性疾病的消失.