- demise
 - [di'maiz]
 - n. 死亡,终止;转让;传位
vt. 遗赠;禅让 
反义词
           - n. birth
 
参考例子
           - 1.Upon the demise of the dictator, a Bitter dispute aBout succession to power developed.
 - 独裁者一死,一场关于权力继承的激烈争吵便展开了。
 
- 2.Since the demise of the tax shelter, strategies for saving individual income taxes are harder to come by.
 - 因为减免所得税合法手段的结束,节省个人收入税的策略变的越来越难。
 
- 3.In Poland, its 2005 success was a prelude to its demise in 2007, as Poles opted for a moderate government after two years of right-wing rule.
 - 在波兰,2005年的胜利揭开了极端右翼在2007年的灭亡,因为在两年的右翼统治以后,波兰人更希望有一个温和的政府。
 
英文解释
           - n.
 - 1.the time when something ends
 
网络释义
               - demise
 - 死亡; 转管; 批租; 出租;
 
- Demise clause
 - 光船租船条款; 光船租赁条款; 光船条款; 租与条款;
 
- False Demise
 - 诈死;
 
- Ghastly Demise
 - 惊吓而亡; 惊吓而忘;
 
- demise premises
 - 遗赠房产;