Moribund



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 即将结束的; 垂死的
• ［英］ adj. 即将结束的 ( coming to end) ; 垂死的 ( dying)
• ［类］ 反义词: increasingly vital ( 生机勃勃的) ; nascent ( 新生的) ; beginning ( 开始的)
• ［记］ mori ( =mort死) +bund ( 接近的) -> 垂死的

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin moribundus, from mori to die — more at murder
• Date: circa 1721
• 1. being in the state of dying ; approaching death
• 2. being in a state of inactivity or obsolescence
• ? moribundity noun

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