今天我們要學的詞是 demise.

demise 的意思是消亡、終結。 November marks 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Wall's demise brought an end to a divided Germany, and symbolized the eventual liberation of Eastern Europe from Soviet communist rule. 11月份標志著柏林墻倒塌30周年。柏林墻的終結帶來德國的統一，并象征東歐最終擺脫蘇聯共產主義統治。

Among the main victims of the terrorist militant group ISIS, residents in Syria and Iraq felt relief at the demise of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who presided over the self-styled “caliphate.” 作為恐怖主義激進組織伊斯蘭國的主要受害者，敘利亞和伊拉克民眾對曾領導那個自稱為“哈里發”的巴格達迪的暴斃感到欣慰 。