当我说passing而不是Death时,是不是听起来很尴尬?
母语人士的回答
Rebecca
是的,在这里,会发出声音有点尴尬地说passing ,而不是death 。因为passing是一个听起来有点正式的词,所以在这种情况下有点不合适。 Passing是谈论某人特定死亡时使用的一种表达方式。但是这里在乔布斯的死中,是一个普通的death ,因为谈论passing不属于这里。例子: Their mother's passing was very hard on their family. (母亲的死令全家人难以接受。)例子: They don't like to talk about his passing.的去世They don't like to talk about his passing. (他们不愿谈论他的死。)