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 obituary [ə'bɪtʃʊ`ɛrɪ]   添加此单词到默认生词本
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    obituary
    [ noun ]
    a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography
    <noun.communication>


    Obituary \O*bit"u*a*ry\, a. [See {Obit}.]
    Of or pertaining to the death of a person or persons; as, an
    obituary notice; obituary poetry.

    obituary \o*bit"u*a*ry\, n.; pl. {Obituaries}. [Cf. F.
    obituaire. See {Obit}.]
    1. That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or
    death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person.

    2. Especially: A notice of the death of a person, published
    in a newspaper or other periodical, accompanied by a
    biographical sketch which may be brief ro extended; as,
    the funeral director arranged placed an obituary in the
    local papaer.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

    3. pl. The section of a newspaper in which obituaries[2] are
    printed; as, I saw the notice of his death in the
    obituaries.
    [PJC]

    4. (R. C. Ch.) A list of the dead, or a register of
    anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.

    1. The NABJ objected to what it said was the derisive tone and terminology used by NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw and reporter Robert Hager in a 1988 obituary on Max Robinson, the first black network TV anchorman and a founder of NABJ.
    2. The Times obituary described Sir John in 1868 as 'a once notorious character.' That Victorian moral legacy survives.
    3. Kostava was first arrested on political charges in 1956, a brief obituary put out by Express-Khronika said.
    4. Alden Whitman, the former chief obituary writer for The New York Times who interviewed some of the world's major political and cultural figures in the 1960s and '70s, died Sept. 4 of a stroke.
    5. Eleftherotypia said in its obituary: "They shared the same distress over Jackie _ the widow, as she called her _ who monopolized their father's attention." Ta Nea, another Athens paper, said: "Alexander's death left her inconsolable.
    6. His work extended beyond that area, but for the British his death was a matter largely for the obituary pages.
    7. It would be premature to write the obituary of the German social market economy.
    8. His mother was there; in fact, she read the obituary at the opening of the service.
    9. After two heart attacks and several scares, Jack M. Deans five years ago wrote his own obituary.
    10. Sen. Dennis DeConcini says nobody should write his political obituary because of an ethics investigation, and predicts no wrongdoing will be found in his help for a collapsing savings and loan.
    11. Ms. Decker and her mother also claimed embarrassment and anxiety due to the publication of the obituary in the bi-weekly paper.
    12. There also were color photos of people laid out in coffins, and newspaper obituary clippings.
    13. There is also a poignant point where Mrs. Stuart's ex-boyfriend says the worst for him was reading her obituary.
    14. In 1985, the twice-weekly newspaper, the Packet, printed an erroneous obituary of Marcy Decker.
    15. He hopes he will be included in 100 years' time - but for something other than his much-anthologised 'The Truly Great.' Have you ever thought about your obituary? 'No, I dread all that.
    16. She writes with wonder about what is going on in their brains as they come upon the bones of an elephant and minutely inspect them, throwing them in the air, perhaps to decipher the correct obituary.
    17. Unlike the scores of talented men whose deaths caused by acquired immune deficiency syndrome are now well noted on obituary pages, Mr. Bennett has joined the short list of victims identified publicly while still alive.
    18. Boss Flynn's wife, Helen, died Sunday, and her passing didn't even rate an obituary in the New York Times.
    19. His obituary in the Bern newspaper Der Bund said he had been hospitalized for several weeks, but didn't give a cause of death.
    20. "It's time to write the obituary," said Sen. John C. Danforth, R-Mo., one of the chief authors of the legislation, which has been on the drawing board in Congress for three years.
    21. The Times of London wrote in an obituary notice today: "More than anybody else Michael Oakeshott articulated the real philosophical foundations of Mrs. Thatcher's policies.
    22. Tom Shales, chief television critic and TV editor of The Washington Post, for obituary writing.
    23. His obituary Tuesday in Red Star, an illustrated article on him Wednesday in the government newspaper Izvestia, and Kryuchkov's comments amounted to unusual publicity for any KGB officer and a rare Soviet admission of spying.
    24. That's the ruling of the New Jersey Supreme Court, which found that an obituary that mistakenly states that a person is dead does no harm to that person's reputation and, as a result, is not libelous.
    25. The obituary of the anguished announcer who reported the flaming crash of the dirigible Hindenberg in 1937 took 40 seconds.
    26. But since tulips should not be planted until late October, I will reserve a separate week for their birthday obituary. How, though, do wise gardeners spend their money with better prospects of success?
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