1.俚語(yǔ)kick the bucke“翹辮子”起源于"上吊"，因?yàn)樵噲D懸梁自盡的人通常會(huì)選擇站在一個(gè)木桶之類的東西上，將脖子伸進(jìn)繩圈里，然后決然踢翻腳下的支撐物，告別這個(gè)世界。When I ckick the bucket, bury me on top of that mountain.2.pass awaySadly, Georgia's uncle passed away yesterday after a short illness.真?zhèn)?，喬治亞的叔叔昨天得了一?chǎng)急病去世了。3.pass onI'm sorry to learn that your dear mother has just passed on. 很遺憾聽(tīng)到你媽媽剛剛?cè)ナ赖南?。pass away 和 pass on 都是暗指過(guò)世。4.lose one's life一般指由于意外事故、戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)等不可抗力而造成的死亡，為意外死亡。How did he lose his life?他是怎么死的？5.departdepart 也是死亡的委婉說(shuō)法，意思是靈魂離開(kāi)了肉體的存在去往另一個(gè)世界了。Comrade Zhou Enlai finally departed from us.周恩來(lái)同志和我們永別了。6.expireexpire的意思是呼氣，這里引申為呼出最后一口氣，暗指死亡。The patient expired early this morning.這位病人今天早晨去世了。7.perishperish 指的是非自然死亡。Many soldiers perish in battle.很多士兵在戰(zhàn)斗中死去了。8.go to meet one’s Maker注意這個(gè)Maker要大寫，有造物主的意思，所以去見(jiàn)造物主了就是靈魂回歸了，也就是死亡的委婉說(shuō)法，就像我們也會(huì)說(shuō)某人“去見(jiàn)馬克思了”。He knew that he came into the world with nothing and that he would go to meet his Maker with empty hands. 他知道他是一無(wú)所有的來(lái)到世上，也將會(huì)兩手空空的離開(kāi)人間。