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1. 【2016·盐城】Yang Jiang published a book of herthreememberfamily's life We Three in her nineties(ninety).
death n.死，死亡
[观察]It was a matter of life and death to them.对他们来说这是生死攸关的事情。
[辨析] die, dead, dying 与death
(1)die为非延续性动词，强调“死”的瞬间动作，不能和表示一段时间的时间状语连用。
His grandpa died at the age of 80.他爷爷是八十岁去世的。
(2)dead是形容词，作表语或定语，强调的是“死”的状态，意为“死的,无生命的”。
He has been dead for two years.他死了两年了。
(3)dying是die的现在分词,也可作形容词,意为“将要死的”，常用作定语或表语。
Dr Wang is trying his best to save the dying man.王医生正在尽力抢救那个快要死的人。
(4)death是die的名词形式。
lt makes me very sad whenever I think of my grandma's death.每当我想起我祖母的死,我就很难过。