decease,disease
這兩個(gè)詞的讀音和拼法相似,故易混淆。
Decease/di’si: s/是“死亡”、“去世”;disease /di’zi:z/是“患病”、“疾病”。這兩個(gè)字都可用作名詞和動(dòng)詞,初學(xué)英語(yǔ)的人容易將兩字誤用或把兩字的拼寫混作一起。
與death相比,decease是正式用語(yǔ),常見于法律條文中。下面請(qǐng)看例句:
Upon the decease of so-and-so,the sum of money will pass to his wife and children
某某死后,整筆錢歸他妻子及兒女所有。
The decease rate in that country is very high.
那個(gè)國(guó)家的死亡率很高。
The general’s decease left the army without a leader.
將軍死亡使這支軍隊(duì)群龍無(wú)首。
deceased是形容詞,意思是“死亡的”、“已故的”,因此,deceased father是“先父”,deceased wife是“亡妻”。
如在deceased之前加個(gè)定冠詞,其意為“死者”、“亡人”。例如:
The deceased was killed in a road accident.
死者是在一次公路事故中身亡的。
The deceased left a large sum of money to his children.
死者給兒女們留下了一大筆錢。
下面是disease 的例句:
The task of a doctor is to prevent or cure diseases.
醫(yī)生的職責(zé)是預(yù)防或冶療疾病。
Nowadays more and more people treat diseases by acupuncture.
如今愈來(lái)愈多人用針灸治療疾病。
Your right lung is diseased.
你的右肺有病。
在上面第一和第二個(gè)例句中,disease用作名詞;在第三句中用作形容詞。acute disease是“急性病”;chronic disease是“慢性病”; family disease是“遺傳病”。