| 释义 |
to death1Used of a particular action or process that results in someone’s death: he was stabbed to death...- Of what use is decisive victory in battle, he asked, if we bleed to death as a result?
- Forensic experts believe they now have a DNA profile of the person who stabbed her to death.
- Earlier this year, trouble flared when a British teenager was stabbed to death outside a bar.
1.1Used to emphasize the extreme nature of a specific action, feeling, or state of mind: I’m sick to death of you I’ve got used to speaking in public but it used to scare me to death...- I am sick to death of people like you standing up and telling me how wrong I am.
- However, I am sick to death of people maligning the elderly as burdens on society.
- I'm sick to death of liberal commentators waffling on their opposition to the war.
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