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

• Since you left crushing the dream with, then I choose in perishing in addition.
  既然你用离开粉碎这场梦，那么我选择在沉沦中腐生。
• Raymond: Well, it has been until now, but a decision was taken last year to go co-ed in three years 'time. [ NIV] And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
  雷蒙德：到现在都是如此，但去年决议3年后改为男女合校。如果我们的福音被蒙蔽了，那是对灭亡的人才蒙蔽的。
• I can't get in I've lost the perishing key!
  我进不去－－我把该死的钥匙丢了。
• 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。
• 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。
• The old religion is perishing.
  这种旧宗教正在消亡。
• It outlined the target and action plans of global perishing poliomyelitis designed by WHO.
  概述了世界卫生组织制定的全球消灭脊髓灰质炎的目标及行动计划；
• 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。
• They can scarcely bring themselves to grasp that they, individually, and those whom they love are in imminent danger of perishing agonizingly.
  他们很少使自己领会到他们，每一个人，以及他们爱的人，其实正处于痛苦死亡的危险边缘。
• There was not an urchin in school but was perishing to have a glimpse of it, but the chance never came.
  学校里那些调皮的家伙没有一个不想看下那本神秘的书，那怕瞟一眼也好，可总没有机会。