中文翻译与英英解释

n.
1.【法律】(不动产的)转让；遗赠。
2.让位。
3.崩，薨；〔口语〕逝世，死。
短语和例子
the demise of the Crown 王位的继承。
vt.
1.转让，遗赠。
2.逊(位)，让(位)。
短语和例子
demise the Crown 让位。
demisable adj.

the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"
同义词：death, dying,

transfer by a lease or by a will

Demise, in its original meaning, is an Anglo-Norman legal term (from French démettre, from Latin dimittere, to send away) for a transfer of an estate, especially by lease. The word has an operative effect in a lease implying a covenant "for quiet enjoyment".

例句与用法

They contribute to the plant's own demise .
它们就能使植物自身死亡。

All this is not to antedate the demise of the empire .
这一切不会使帝国提前衰亡。

September 15 may stand as the date of its demise .
而9月15日就可以算作它断命的日子。

Demise of the crown formerly caused a dissolution of parliament .
以前英王驾崩导致议会解散。

The roots of his demise lay much earlier in the golitsin-nossenko feud .
他失意的根源还要早得多，要追溯到戈里钦和森科问题的斗争上去。

Its demise cannot be explained by high administrative and collection costs alone .
它的让位不能单独用高额的管理费用和征集费用来解释。

"the egoist" is the title from 1914 until its demise in 1919 of a london fortnightly review .
《利已主义者》是从1914年直到1919年停刊为止的伦郭一家双周评论的刊名。

It was a tall order to ask him to be a partner in launching a new initiative of undefined duration when he was contemplating his own demise .
当死神在向他招手的时候，要他合作发起一项旷日持久的新倡议，未免太苛刻了。

He went about with hanging head and melancholy face, telling everyone the particulars of the beast's demise in a voice quivering with emotion .
他搭拉着脑袋，哭丧着脸到处走，用动情的颤声对每个人诉说那畜生的逝世不同寻常。

That collision caused the demise of the dinosaurs
那次撞击导致了恐龙数量减半。