mid-13c., from periss- present participle stem of Old French perir "perish, be lost, be shipwrecked" (12c.), from Latin perire "to be lost, perish," literally "to go through," from per- "through, completely, to destruction" (see per) + ire "to go" (see ion). Related: Perished; perishing.
例文
1. Buddhism had to adapt to the new world or perish .
仏教は新しい時代に適応しなければならない。そうしないと消滅する。
2.Me a policeman! Perish the thought!
警察になります!考えもしないで、ありえない!
3.Crowns and thrones may perish .
王権は永遠には存在しない。
4. We don't have a computer ( perish the thought) and have only recently bought an electric typewriter.
私たちにはパソコンがないので(あきらめましょう)、最近電動タイプライターを買ったしかありません。
5.Your bodies and names will perish ,but the river will flow on for ever--the names of mediocre writers be will forgotern,but those of the great masters will live.