pass away
phrasal verbwithpassverbuk/pɑːs/us/pæs/
B2
polite expressionfordie:
(礼貌的说法)去世She'sterriblyupsetbecause herfatherpassedaway lastweek.她非常难过,因为她父亲上周去世了。
to stop living
- dieMy dog died last week.
- die a natural/violent deathShe dies a natural death at home, surrounded by loved ones.
- pass awayHe passed away peacefully in hospital.
- pass onI'm sorry to hear that your grandfather has passed on.
- passUSMy father passed last year.
Death and dying
- be as dead as a doornailidiom
- bereave
- bite
- bleed out
- buy the farmidiom
- cadaveric
- death toll
- depart this lifeidiom
- die off
- drown
- ghost
- morbid
- necrophiliac
- perch
- predecease
- push
- remains
- shuffle off this mortal coilidiom
- starvation
- watery graveidiom