| 词汇 | predecease |
| 释义 | predecease verb[ T ] law formal or specializeduk /ˌpriː.dɪˈsiːs/ us /ˌpriː.diːˈsiːs/ to die before someone else: 死于…之前，先于…去世 Her husband predeceased her by five years.她丈夫先于她5年去世。 Death and dying all-cause mortality antemortem bereave bite bleed out coroner death toll ghost have one foot in the graveidiom macabre perish posthumously raise raise someone from the deadidiom remains roadkill self-extinction sepulchrally snuff toll Examples of predeceasepredecease The fact that one of his sons predeceased him by a few years was a huge blow. He also stipulated that his wife's relatives were not to claim back her dowry in case she predeceased him. In addition, a couple's children may also top-up their parents' accounts (and the funds revert to the children if the parents predecease them). In a case in which the father had predeceased the child, that would not be the position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If she predeceases him, he will have to live longer to break even. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His wife, who predeceased him, left her residuary estate for the same purpose. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Under her will she gave her life interest to her second husband, her first husband having predeceased her. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Widows will then have all the rights and obligations of the tenancies previously enjoyed by the landlords who predeceased them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His wife having predeceased him, the tenancy will pass, under existing law, to an unmarried son living with him, aged 40. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A petitioner's only daughter dies without children and is predeceased by two first cousins. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The gift does not become an absolute one until the donor is dead, and falls if the donee predeceases him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All her half brothers and sisters had predeceased her. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is made abundantly clear to the allocating officer that an allocation once effective may not be cancelled even in the event of divorce or his wife predeceasing him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How can his widow predecease him? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But there is also the situation where the one parent who has predeceased was a parent with whom the child was residing by virtue of a residence order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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