pass away
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pass away (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 passes away，現在分詞 passing away，一般過去時及過去分詞 passed away)
- (委婉，俗語) 去世，逝世
- After a long battle with cancer, the professor passed away yesterday.
- 在與癌症長期鬥爭後，教授於昨日逝世。
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- He was wise, for he had seen a long succession of mechanical toys arrive to boast and swagger, and by-and-by break their mainsprings and pass away.
- (obsolete) 花費；浪費
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Wisdom of Sirach of Sirach-Chapter-42/#9 42:9:
- Lest she pass away the flower of her age.
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一般指自然死亡或因疾病死亡。