demise的意思|demise的解释-里氏词典

demise [di'maiz]

n. 崩, 薨, 死亡

vt. 让渡, 遗赠, 转让

[经] 光船租船, 转让租船

This loss led to the demise of the business.
这一损失导致了公司的倒闭.
The demise of the old man's property cause much dispute upon his death.
老人死时，财产的让渡问题引起许多争执。
Foolishly you have sought your own demise.
蠢货，你是来找死么。

demise

[ noun ]

the time when something ends

<noun.time>

it was the death of all his plans

a dying of old hopes

[ verb ]

transfer by a lease or by a will

<verb.possession>

Demise \De*mise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demised}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Demising}.]
1. To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to
grant or bestow by will; to bequeath. ``Power to demise my
lands.'' --Swift.

What honor
Canst thou demise to any child of mine? --Shak.

2. To convey; to give. [R.]

His soul is at his conception demised to him.
--Hammond.

3. (Law) To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.

Demise \De*mise"\, n. [F. d['e]mettre, p. p. d['e]mis,
d['e]mise, to put away, lay down; pref. d['e]- (L. de or
dis-) + mettre to put, place, lay, fr. L. mittere to send.
See {Mission}, and cf. {Dismiss}, {Demit}.]
1. Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or
successor; transference; especially, the transfer or
transmission of the crown or royal authority to a
successor.

2. The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also,
the death of any illustrious person.

After the demise of the Queen [of George II.], in
1737, they [drawing- rooms] were held but twice a
week. --P.
Cunningham.

3. (Law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in
fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
--Bouvier.

Note: The demise of the crown is a transfer of the crown,
royal authority, or kingdom, to a successor. Thus, when
Edward IV. was driven from his throne for a few months
by the house of Lancaster, this temporary transfer of
his dignity was called a demise. Thus the natural death
of a king or queen came to be denominated a demise, as
by that event the crown is transferred to a successor.
--Blackstone.

{Demise and redemise}, a conveyance where there are mutual
leases made from one to another of the same land, or
something out of it.

Syn: Death; decease; departure. See {Death}.

The demise of the time-honored system of tryouts is symptomatic of deeper troubles, which include the overall decline in the number of new shows.
"We're not going to pay for our own demise," insists Tom Rogers, the conservative who is pushing Orange County's anti-growth initiative.
Such pressure was a factor in Mr. Funaro's demise.
The latest prospective entrants are among the biggest losers in the demise of Executive Life, and the plan appears to be an effort to reverse that plight.
Mr Pratt notes the demise of the systems programmers who kept mainframe applications functioning.
When his firm's demise was announced to a hushed exchange in 1938, John Karger recalls, "It was like saying God was dead."
The economy in the mid-1950s was facing many of the same pressures, and the demise of Ford Motor Co.'s Edsel has been blamed partly on the economic downturn.
Although I am an authorised signatory (in the event of her demise), I have never used this power. It is necessary that the income from this investment, together with my pensions, are used for our living expenses.
Strong CAFE standards do not mean the demise of the large car.
From 1945 to 1947, during a period between the demise of the OSS and start of the CIA, the CIC was America's only intelligence organization abroad.
Macomb has not been hit directly by this, but the impending demise of a plant west of Detroit has made the community edgy. These fears have been intensified by the free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada which President Bush negotiated last summer.
Looking ahead, Mr McGrath believes Dillons can continue to grow its market share which has recovered from a low of 31.5 per cent in June, and is well positioned to take advantage of the likely demise of the net book agreement.
Once again, he notes, the rumors of his imminent demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Also Monday, Japan's third-largest newspaper apologized for an editorial inadvertently published in its English-language editions expressing sadness at the emperor's demise.
You might think Canadians would be upset about the apparently imminent demise of Canada-as-we-know-it.
Jonathan Drazin of Dataquest Europe says the demise of the MAC system wouldn't necessarily be a major blow to HDTV in Europe.
The demise of many tax shelters under the new tax law freed still more funds for investment in stocks, economists suggest.
Publisher Stephen F. Rose on Tuesday blamed the paper's demise on city officials who refused to allow teen-agers to hawk the tabloid on the street.
The demise of the singles market and the high price of compact discs may have caused a structural shift away from recorded music which minor price cuts will not reverse.
Mr. Purves's chance came with the 1983 demise of the Carrian group.
Maxwell said the Nabisco bonds suffered from the demise of junk-bond pioneer Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., the once-powerful investment house that collapsed in February and has been in liquidation.
Dec. 30 Daily News, Starkville, Miss., on Cuba: The demise of communism around the world is sending a strong signal that cannot be denied by Cuba.
Both Solidarity and the West, it seems, underestimated the job of nursing freedom while managing the communist monolith's demise.
An exposure draft on the audit of small companies was issued by the committee shortly before its demise in 1991, but offered little advice on application.
In doing so shareholders signalled the demise of Randgold in its present form. Randgold was formerly the mining arm of the Barlow Rand conglomerate before the latter 'unbundled' its operations in 1992.
Some members of Congress and others have argued that a demise of Eastern could seriously reduce competition in the nation's airline industry, whose ranks have been thinned by deregulation.
Lorie is stolen by Blue Duck (Forrest), a vicious renegade who duels with Gus and meets an unusual demise.
What the imminent demise of People Express means for the traveler and the airline industry isn't certain, but many analysts agree that it probably spells higher fares.
If GATT fails, part of the problem will be that for all its success it contained the seeds of its own demise.
The demise of the government, unprecedented since the Communists came to power after World War II, came two days after Parliament refused to pass a law that would have sharply curbed public spending.

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