单词 | deceased |
释义 | deceased (dɪsiːst ) Word forms: deceased 1. countable noun The deceased is used to refer to a particular person or to particular people who have recently died. [law] The identities of the deceased have now been determined. 2. adjective A deceased person is one who has recently died. [formal] ...his recently deceased mother. Synonyms: dead, late, departed [euphemistic], lost Collocations: recently deceased Is there such a thing as an early nineteenth-century 'imaginary portrait' of a recently deceased writer? The Times Literary Supplement How many of the recently deceased have you attempted to manoeuvre on a wobbly gurney? Times, Sunday Times At night my recently deceased grandad would sit on the end of the bed and chat to me. Times, Sunday Times Repeatedly, he approached families, asking them to donate the brains of their recently deceased loved ones for research. Times, Sunday Times Perhaps - though it seems to me that those who commandeer the recently deceased owe a duty of care. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 死者, 过世的 Japanese: 故人, 故人 |
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