to death

informal

a) used to emphasize that a feeling or emotion is very strong 极度，要命〔强调感觉或情绪的强烈〕

be bored/scared/frightened etc to death

She was scared to death of what might happen next.

她对接下来可能会发生的事怕得要命。

I’m absolutely sick to death of it (=very angry, bored, or unhappy about something).

我对此厌恶得要命。

bore/scare/love etc somebody to death

He drove at a speed which frightened Leonora to death.

他的车速让莉奥诺拉吓得要死。

She used to worry me to death.

她过去总是让我担心得要命。

b) used to say that an action is continued with a lot of effort and for as long as possible 精疲力竭；没完没了

They just work you to death in that place.

他们那里就是让你没命地干活。

Examples from the Corpus

to death• This approach to death was appealing.• He bled to death after being stabbed repeatedly.• Death sentences Three members of the illegal Hezbollah organization were condemned to death on March 1 by a criminal court in Tlemcen.• And no, the baby never froze to death.• Two of the blacks arrested were reportedly machine-gunned to death by state troopers at the jail.• This is grief and hatred and people hacked to death.• Exclaiming that he was already a priest, Quirnus insisted that the magistrate put him to death.• Will he be caught at last, and put to death?• The baby starved to death.• We will be slowly strangled to death.

→ to death at death(2)

词汇	to death
释义	to death to death informal a) used to emphasize that a feeling or emotion is very strong 极度，要命〔强调感觉或情绪的强烈〕 be bored/scared/frightened etc to death She was scared to death of what might happen next. 她对接下来可能会发生的事怕得要命。 I’m absolutely sick to death of it (=very angry, bored, or unhappy about something). 我对此厌恶得要命。 bore/scare/love etc somebody to death He drove at a speed which frightened Leonora to death. 他的车速让莉奥诺拉吓得要死。 She used to worry me to death. 她过去总是让我担心得要命。 b) used to say that an action is continued with a lot of effort and for as long as possible 精疲力竭；没完没了 They just work you to death in that place. 他们那里就是让你没命地干活。 Examples from the Corpus to death• This approach to death was appealing.• He bled to death after being stabbed repeatedly.• Death sentences Three members of the illegal Hezbollah organization were condemned to death on March 1 by a criminal court in Tlemcen.• And no, the baby never froze to death.• Two of the blacks arrested were reportedly machine-gunned to death by state troopers at the jail.• This is grief and hatred and people hacked to death.• Exclaiming that he was already a priest, Quirnus insisted that the magistrate put him to death.• Will he be caught at last, and put to death?• The baby starved to death.• We will be slowly strangled to death. → to death at death(2)
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