perishing

英 [ˈperɪʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈperɪʃɪŋ]

adj.  冰冷的; 酷寒的; 讨厌的; 可恶的
v.  死亡; 暴死; 丧失; 湮灭; 毁灭; (使橡胶等)老化，脆裂
perish的现在分词

现在分词：perishing　

GRE

牛津词典

adj.

• 冰冷的；酷寒的
  extremely cold
  1. It's perishing outside!
     外边冷极了。
  2. I'm perishing!
     我都快冻死了！
• 讨厌的；可恶的
  used to show that you are annoyed about sth
  1. I've had enough of this perishing job!
     这讨厌的差事，我真受够了！

柯林斯词典

• VERB （人或动物）惨死，猝死
  If people or animalsperish, they die as a result of very harsh conditions or as the result of an accident.
  1. 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。
  2. ...the ferry disaster in which 193 passengers perished.
     造成193名乘客丧生的渡船事故
• VERB 湮灭；毁灭；丧失
  If somethingperishes, it comes to an end or is destroyed for ever.
  1. 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。
  2. Civilizations do eventually decline and perish.
     各种文明最后都会衰落、消亡。
• VERB （物质或材料）老化，腐烂，脆裂
  If a substance or materialperishes, it starts to fall to pieces and becomes useless.
  1. 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。
  2. Their tyres are slowly perishing.
     他们的车胎在慢慢老化。
• 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 saysperish the thought, they mean that they think that a suggestion or possibility is unpleasant or ridiculous.
  1. Me a policeman! Perish the thought!...
     我当警察！想都别想了，不可能！
  2. 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。

双语例句

• My daughter, you are a colorful rainbow never perishing in your dad's heart.
  女儿，你是爸爸心头一道永不消失的绚烂的虹，会永远闪烁在爸爸心灵的天空。
• Don't go out without your coat, it's perishing out there!
  穿上大衣再出去，外面非常冷！
• I can't get in I've lost the perishing key!
  我进不去－－我把该死的钥匙丢了。
• Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed by and earnestly begged for a little food.
  一只快饿死的蚱蜢经过了，诚挚地向蚂蚁乞讨一些食物。
• Scholars in the Han Dynasty rewrote the pre-Qin classics for political purposes, especially for choosing a way to rule the country after the perishing of the Qin dynasty.
  摘要两汉儒者对先秦典籍的改造以为政治服务为目的，主要体现为秦亡汉兴后对治道选择上的适应。
• The note to be sounded was brevity, mystery, and a foretaste of impending doom for Germany. There are telltale symptoms by which history gives warning to a threatened or perishing society.
  措辞应当简短、神秘，而且要预示德国即将灭亡。历史往往借助于一些很能说明问题的迹象来警示一个正面临威胁或即将灭亡的社会。
• 2 thes. 2:10 and in all deceit of unrighteousness among those who are perishing, because they did not receive the love of the truth that they might be saved.
  帖后二10并且在那灭亡的人身上，行各样不义的欺骗；因他们不领受对真理的爱，使他们得救。
• If there is anything more heart-breaking than a body perishing for lack of bread, it is a soul which is dying from hunger for the light.
  如果还有什么比死于饥渴的躯体更能使人痛心的话，那一定是由于得不到光明而死去的灵魂了。
• For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.
  因为我们在婉面前，无论在得救的人身上，或灭亡的人身上，都有基督馨香之气。
• [ NIV] And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
  如果我们的福音被蒙蔽了，那是对灭亡的人才蒙蔽的。