dead beat sro |
萎的：My.mother’s dead; she
dietifn 3.987.我母亲不在
了，她是 1987
年去世的^ ◊
a dead person/animaZ 死人 /
动物◊
deacUeaves/ivppci/sfcin 枯叶 /
木.；.死皮.◊ ffe was shot
dead by a gimman outside his home」也在家门夕卜 被持枪歹 汗枪打死。◊ Catherine’s
dead body Zay peacejf^Hy on the bed.凯瑟琳的尸体安详地躺在床上。◊ He dropped
dead (= died sudden丨y)〖ast
weefc.他上星期
突然就死 了》.◊ The poor
cfti^noofcs more dead than aZfve•这孩子看上去半死不活的，真可怜。◊诉gwraf/vp) In ten
years hell be dead and buried as a politician. 他作为从政者+年后就术会有人记得了。
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IDEA/BELIEF/PLAN 想法；信念；‘计戈[not before noun] no
longer believed in or aimed for 木再有人相信（赛争
取 > :Many
beZfeve the peace.pZan is dead, i丰#乂议另 知平,计划已成泡影。◊伽/ortimateZy.racism is
not yet dead.不_的益仍％入倩奉蚌族歧视。6 r/iough the idea may
be dead, it is far from being buried (= people still talk about it, even
though there is nothing new to say). 尽管这种思想诗能已.无人相信，佴还远凌被人遗忘。
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NOT USED 5 belonging
to the past; no longer prac-
tised or fashionable试时的;B废弃的；不流行的：* the Western a dead
arf/orm> 电影这种艺呆形式过
时了'吗？ ◊
a dead Zangua^e (气 one that is no longer
spoken, for example Latin)死语言C不再通用，如拉
丁语） .
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FINISHED )|j 4
{informal) finished; not able to be used
any more角耷亍的：不能再用的:办以爪血^擦过的
火柴◊ There were two dead botties 〇/ wine on the taWe.
桌子上，•两个穿酒瓶。
►'MACHINt'机器‘ 5 (of machines or
equipment 机器或设备）
not
working because of a lack of power (因为知‘ }不
运行的，不转动的：a dead batte/y用完的电fife ◊ rhe hard
disfc，is dead. ■硬盘停止.运行亍 V 0 Sudden/y the p/ume
went dead.电话突然没声音了。
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PLACE6 [informal,
disapproving) very quiet, without activity or interest死气沉沉的；免活ij命；免趣的: There were no
theatres, no cinemas, no coffee bars. It was dead 〇5 anything.那时既无剧脘，又无电秦院，也无咖啡
馆，死气沉沉。
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商业.7 (/n/oraia/, fif/sa外?rov/ng) without activity;
with nobody buying or selling anything 停滞的；萧条 的：The marfcet is
absoZutdy dead tftis morning, ’ said one foreign
exchange trader. “今天•早上市场萧条极
了。”一 个外汇交易商说道。◊ Winter is
tradirtonaHy the dead season/or. file housing market.冬天历来是住房
市场的萧条季节。
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TtRED:疲劳，8 [not usually before noun] (/n/orwa/)
extremely tired; not well _ 筋疲力尽;■身体不蕃：hal/ dead wit/i coZd and hunger 仇秦女迫，蛀▲凫尽.◊.
She /eZt dead on her feet and didn't have the energy to
question them 办rther.她觉得累死了，没有力气继续审问他们了。
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WITHOUT FEELING 无感觉 9 [not
before noun] (of a part of the body
身体部位）unable to feel because
of cold, etc. (由于冷_>奂去知觉，麻木SCI numb: My ie片arm
had gone dead.莪的左胳臂已经麻木X』10〜to sth unable to feel
or understand emotions 无动于衷;•麻木
不仁完感觉 033 insensitive : He was dead to all /eeiin容s. 〇/ p办.他毫无周情心。11 (especially_ of
sb’s voice, eyes or.face 尤指*去、眼神或脸色）showing no emotion无表情的；冷漠的；漠不关心的HEJexpres- sionless : She
said, Tm sorry, too/ in a quiet, dead voice.她平静而冷漠地说：“我也很抱歉。” offo usuaHy dead grey eyes
were sparfcHng•他那平日冷漠的灰
眼睛突然亮了起来。
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COMPLETE/EXACT 完全；精确 12 [only before noun]
complete or exact完全的；精确的；全&的：a dead sitence/ca〖m 死寂；完全静止◊ t/ie dead
centre 〇/ the
target 耙子正中心◊ 77ie car gave
a sudden jerfc and came to a dead stop.汽车猛然一颠，猝然停下。◊(&£) This horse is
a dead cert for (= will certainly win) the race tomorrow. 0 She crumpled to
the floor in a dead
faint
(= completely unconscious). 她倒在地上，全然不省人事。
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NEVEIUL1VE 充生命 13 never
having been alive 无生命
的；非生物的：dead matter (= for
example rock)无圭 命物® (如岩石 > 〇a dead pkmet (= one with no life
on it)无生命存在的行星
IN
SPORT体眘运动 14 outside
the playing area 界外的
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be a dead 'ringer for sb (informal) to look very like sb酷似，极像（某人）；（和某人）’一模一样：She’s a dead ringer/or a gir〖J used, to know.她.酷似我以前认
识的一个女孩。，(as):
,dead as a/the /dcido i&f， informal) completely dead; no longer interesting or
valid完聋过时；不系引.人洼目；失效(a$) ,dead as a ■doornail
(/>?/ow7fl/)
completely dead 完_死了.的；死僵 了的 a
.dead _d:uckr(/>j/orma/)
a plan, an event, etc. that has failed or is certain to fail and that is
therefore not worth discussing B矣败，注定要失败，毫无讨论价值 (的计划或事情等）be dead and ’gone (/’n/ormfl^. to be
dead' it Ti ： Ybu^Z be sOriy you said'that
when J’m dead and gone•我死后你会为你说的话感fll后悔 的。the. dead
hand of.sth an
influence.that controls or restricts sth (控制或阻碍事物发展的）影响：VVe need to free
business from the dead hand of bureaucracy. 我们必须摆脱官僚主义对工作的严重影响。，dead in the 'water a person or plan that
is dead in the water has failed and has little hope of succeeding in the future
(‘人或计划）失败，无成功希望：Ms leadership campaign is dead in
the water.他参加领导层竞选无望成
功。dead ’meat (/.n/o/wa/) in
serious.trouble it境艰 难；倒大霉1/ anyone /inds out,
you’re dead meat.如果 % A
发现，你可粟倒大霉了。，dead tQ the’world fast asleep 熟睡；沉睡;酣睡 oveK
,niy dead/body (informaf) used to show you are
strongly opposed to sth (表未强烈反对）除非我死了，我死也不：She move5 I’nto our
home over my dead body.除非我死了，否则’ 她别想搬进我们家。sb wouldn’t be
seen/caUght dead {informal) used to say that you
would not like to wear particular clothes, or to be in a particular situ- ation
(表示不愿穿戴某物或处于某种环境）死也不愿意： She wouZdn’t be seen
deadin a hat.她最讨厌戴帽子 ri. ◊ He
wouldn^ be caught dead going to a club with his mother.他死也不愿意跟母亲二起去俱乐部b —more at FLOG,
KNOCK V.
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m>tm the dead 1 [pi.] people who
have died 死人；'死 者：The dead and wounded
in that one attack amounted to 6 000.仅那一次进攻就死伤达6 000人。；2 [sing.] the state of being dead 死：Christians believe
that God raised
Jesus/hwn the dead•基督徒相信上帝使耶稣复活。
〇 (figurative) In nine
years he has brought his party back from the dead almost to the brink of power.九牟来他 使该党起痄回告几乎要执政了。EE! in the .dead of 'night [BrE also at .dead of night) in the quietest part
of the night溱夜；在夜晚万籁俱寂而•： I crept out of bed fn the dead 〇/night and sneafced downstairs.深夜我悄悄 地从床上爬起来，蹑手蹑脚地下了楼。in the,dead of 'winter
in
the coldest part of winter 在隆冬；在严冬
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adv. (informal)
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COMPLETELY 完全 1 completely;
exactly 完全地；全然
地；确实地：Ybu’re dead right/你完全正确！ ◊
a dead straight road 笔直的道路◊ (8rE) 77ie
train was dead on time.火车正点出发（或到达）。◊ He’s dead against the idea.他坚决.反对这个想法b o The
sight made him stop dead in his tracks (= stop suddenly). if
景，他惊呆了y ◊ She’s dead set on getting (=
determined to get) this new job. 她打 定主意要得到 这个新
工作。
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;VERY 非免 2 (6r£, /n/orma/) very; extremely 非常；绝
.对；..极度：The instructions are
dead easy to follow, 些指令很容易执行。◊ Ybu were
deacHucky to get that job.你得到那份工作，真是太幸运T。was dead scared.我怕得要死。
ira?l cut sb dead (6r£) to pretend not
to have seen sb; to refuse to say hello to sb假装没看见，不理睬（某
人)：She saw me, recognized
me and cut me dead. 她看见了我，也认出了我，却不理睬我。一more at
RIGHT II.
.dead 'beat (also beat) adj. [not before noun] (informal)
very tired 筋蠱力珠；疲惫禾Ybu Zoofc dead beat.你 好像累得够戗。
dead-beat /'dedbi:t/ /7〇wn (/n/o/mfl/) 1 (espec/a//)/ /VAm£) a
lazy person; a person with no job and no money, who is not part of normal
society懒入;二流子；身无奋文的
无业者 2 a person or company that tries to
avoid paying their debts赖账者；赖债者；不讲信用的公
司 3 (also .deadbeat, 'dad) (AWmf) a. father who
does not live with his children and does not pay their