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Fall to death

發佈時間: 2023/05/17

Fall to death

政府已經在2017年立法,禁止僱主要求傭工將身體伸出窗外清潔外窗。可是,依然不時有外傭因為抹窗而墮樓死亡(fall to death)。

動詞fall可以解「跌倒、摔倒」,而且有「突然」的意思。Fall可以後接不同介詞(preposition),帶出怎樣跌和跌到哪兒。

例如,The old woman fell down the stairs and suffered a fracture.(老婆婆從樓梯上摔下來,骨折了。)The boy fell into the river and drowned to death.(男孩掉進河裏淹死了。)

Their son fell out of the car because they did not have the doors locked.(由於他們沒有鎖好車門,他們的兒子從車裏掉出車外。)

A man fell under a truck and was run over.(一名男子跌落貨車底,然後被碾過。)

Fall to death則解「跌死」,「動詞+ to death」是常見的組合,用來描述怎樣的動作引致死亡。例如,A domestic helper fell to her death while cleaning a window.(一名家庭傭工在清潔窗戶時墮樓身亡。)

He bled to death in the operating room.(他在手術室失血過多而死。)

(本欄逢周三、五刊登)

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