滅びる・亡びる

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

ほろびる【滅びる・^▲亡びる】

❶〔滅亡する〕fall

独裁政権はついに滅びた
At last the despotic government fell [collapsed].

平家は滅び，源氏の世となった
The Heike clan was overthrown and the Genji clan came to power.

何世紀にもわたって栄えていたその都市は完全に滅びた
The city, which had flourished for many centuries, was completely ruined.

❷〔絶滅する〕perish; die (out); become extinct

恐竜は大昔に滅びた
The dinosaur became extinct millions of years ago.

核戦争が起これば人類は滅びてしまうかも知れない
The human race could be annihilated [《口》 wiped out] if there is a nuclear war.

悪は必ず滅びるという信念
the belief that evil always loses out

伝統産業は滅びる危険にある
Traditional industries are in danger of 「dying out [perishing].

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