【詞語辨析】diedeathdead dying

【die】動詞，意為“死；死亡”，指因為生病、年老、負傷等原因而死，是非延續性動詞，不能和表示一段時間連用。

eg。 The little match girl died with a smile on her face。

賣火柴的小女孩臉上帶著微笑死了。

【death】名詞， 意為“死；死亡”，既可作可數名詞也可以做不可數名詞。

eg。 He was really sad because of his dag‘s death。

由於小狗的死亡，他真的很傷心。

【dead】形容詞，意為“死的，無生命的”，用來做表語或者定語，表示狀態，可以和表示一段時間的狀語連用。

如果表達“已經去世多久了”可以用“have been dead for +時間段”，或者“died +時間段+ago”。

eg。 Mr。 King has been dead for ten years。

Mr。King已經去世10年了。

= Mr。 King died ten years ago。

【dying】die的現在分詞，也可以用作形容詞，意為“垂死的，將死的”，用來做定語或表語。

eg。 The cat is hit by a car。 It is dying beside the road。

這隻貓被小汽車撞了一下，在路邊快死了。

Exercise：

使用die/dead/dying/death 的正確形式填空。

Lei Feng _______ for many years， but his spirit is still encouraging us。

The ______of the old soldier made us very sad。 He has made great contributions to our society。

The poor girl ________ on a cold morning。 When people found her， she had been dead for two days。

The _______ man told us his past days before he died。 We were all deeply moved。

The keys：

1。 has been dead 2。 death 3。 died 4。 dying