【原】at death's door 行将就木

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形容人快死了可以用 dying，它通俗易懂，这里介绍一个新的表达方式 at death's door， 它的字面意思是“在死亡之门"，可以意为”病危，行将就木，奄奄一息，垂死挣扎“等，常用来指夸大坏的健康状况，寓意：

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on the point of dying快要死了
very ill病得很重
in serious danger of death有严重的死亡危险
very near the end of one's life快死了
in a life-threatening state of health处于危及生命的健康状态

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例如：
Most of the survivors of the airplane crash are still at death's door.飞机失事的大多数幸存者仍在垂死挣扎。
Don't overstate, it was only flu - you were barely at death's door.别夸大其词了，那只是流感-离死还很远。
Jane was so ill that she was at death's door for three days.简病得很厉害，垂死挣扎了三天。
Whenever she had a bad cold she acted as though she were at death's door.无论什么时候她得了重感冒，她都表现得好像要奄奄一息的样子。

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Owing to coming up of malls and super market every other day in the town, the old neighborhood store is at death's door.由于镇上每隔一天就会有购物中心和超市出现，所以附近的老商店就要倒闭了。
The cat was at death's door for three days, and then it finally died.这只猫三天来一直在垂死挣扎，后来它终于死了。
When she literally was at death's door, a kidney became available for transplant.在她快要死的时候，找到了一个可以移植的肾脏。

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Jack lay at death's door for over a month.杰克垂死挣扎了一个多月。
I do not want to lie at death's door suffering. I hope to pass on quickly.我不想躺着受苦等死。我希望自己能快点去世。
The young man was at death's door after that catastrophic accident.那次灾难性事故发生后，那个年轻人奄奄一息。
强健的体魄是一切的基础，我们要加强锻炼，以最好的身体和精神状态投入到追求自己梦想的伟业中。

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