汉英词典
MEANING OF 气息奄奄
气息奄奄
(氣息奄奄)
to have only a breath of life (idiom)
Describes the appearance of weak breathing and about to die / It also metaphors the decline and decline of things, and they are about to perish
形容呼吸微弱，快要断气的样子。也比喻事物衰败没落，即将灭亡。
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“谢谢。”他气息奄奄地说。 "Thanks," he said feebly. | ||
由于出发时他就已经疲惫不堪，现在几乎是气息奄奄了。 As he was already quite worn out when we started, his condition now seemed one of great prostration. | ||
他累垮了，气息奄奄，在忍耐的最边缘迫使自己往前走。 He was exhausted, out of breath and pushed himself beyond the point of endurance. | ||
那是想像力的疯狂的盛筵，在一个垂死的人的头脑里祝酒，垂死者气息奄奄地哭泣着，衰微不去的心脏却仍然狂跳。 It was a mad orgy of imagination, wassailing in the skull of a dying man who half sobbed under his breath and was quick with the wild flutter of fading heart-beats. | ||
