"lie at death's door" em Chinese (Traditional)

瀕臨死亡奄奄一息

Definição

指極度虛弱或即將死亡。這個表達通常用來形容生命垂危的人。

屬於正式和書面語，常見於新聞、文學或描述極度危急健康狀況時。不能用於形容一般疾病，只用於快要死亡的情況。

After the accident, he lay at death's door for weeks.

事故後，他**瀕臨死亡**數週。

The old dog lies at death's door now.

那隻老狗現在**瀕臨死亡**。

The patient was said to be lying at death's door but survived.

據說病人**瀕臨死亡**，但最後活了下來。

Last winter, my grandfather lay at death's door, but the doctors saved him.

去年冬天，我爺爺**奄奄一息**，但醫生救了他。

For days, we feared she was lying at death's door, but then she recovered.

我們擔心她**瀕臨死亡**好幾天，但之後康復了。

The villagers whispered that the old woman lay at death's door every winter, but she always pulled through.

村民們低聲說那老太太每到冬天就**奄奄一息**，但她總能挺過來。