"at death's door" بـChinese (Traditional)
奄奄一息瀕臨死亡
التعريف
嚴重生病或即將死亡;指某人已經非常接近死亡了。
ملاحظات الاستخدام (Chinese (Traditional))
這是一個誇張、成語化的用語,可以描述重病,也可幽默誇大(如「感冒讓我奄奄一息」)。一般不用於僅因年老而將死,主要指疾病或重大危機。
أمثلة
After days of high fever, he was at death's door.
高燒幾天後,他已經**奄奄一息**了。
She looked at death's door but recovered quickly.
她看起來**奄奄一息**,但很快恢復了。
My grandfather was at death's door last winter.
去年冬天,我祖父曾經**瀕臨死亡**。
With that horrible flu, I honestly felt like I was at death's door.
那場嚴重的流感,我真的覺得自己**奄奄一息**了。
He joked that after eating that spicy food, he was at death's door.
他開玩笑說喫了那辣的食物後,自己**奄奄一息**。
The doctors said he was at death's door, but he made a full recovery.
醫生說他**奄奄一息**,但後來完全康復了。