當我說passing而不是Death時,是不是聽起來很尷尬?

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Rebecca
是的,在這裡,會發出聲音有點尷尬地說passing ,而不是death 。因為passing是一個聽起來有點正式的詞,所以在這種情況下有點不合適。 Passing是談論某人特定死亡時使用的一種表達方式。但是這裡在喬布斯的死中,是一個普通的death ,因為談論passing不屬於這裡。例子: Their mother's passing was very hard on their family. (母親的死令整個家庭難以接受。)例子: They don't like to talk about his passing.的去世They don't like to talk about his passing. (他們不願談論他的死。)