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dead COMPLETEdedadj [before n], adv [not gradable]complete(ly)完全的(地);彻底的(地)The braking system enables the car to come from 100 km an hour to a dead halt/stop in under five seconds.刹车系统可使车速为每小时100 公里的小车在不到五秒钟内猝然停下。The conductor waited for dead silence before commencing the performance.指挥家等待着开始演出前那彻底的沉寂。(infml) I'm dead certain I left my purse on the desk.我确定无疑是把钱包忘在写字台上了。You won't be able to change his mind--he's dead against the plan.你将无法令他回心转意----他是坚决反对这个计划的。(infml) Let's stop for something to eat--I'm dead (= very) hungry.我们停下来吃点东西吧----我饿极了。(infml) The exam was dead (= very) easy.考试非常简单。(infml) I was dead beat (= very tired) after running the marathon.跑完马拉松后，我精疲力竭了。(Br infml) Have you seen "Annie Hall"? It's a dead (= very) good film.你看过《安妮·霍尔》吗?那是部非常棒的片子。The post office is dead (= straight) ahead.邮局就在正前方。Aim for the dead (= exact) centre of the target.瞄准靶的正中心。All your answers were dead (= exactly) on target.你所有的答案都准确无误。I always try to arrive dead (= exactly) on time.我总是尽量分秒不差准时到达。Martha's dead set on (having) (= very much wants to have) a new bike for her birthday.玛莎极其渴望生日时能有辆新自行车。He's dead set against (= completely opposed to) living in the city.他坚决反对住在城里。Even a slight hand injury can stop/halt a guitarist's career dead in its tracks (= stop it suddenly and completely).即使是轻微的手伤也可能令吉它手的事业就此嘎然而止。Her imitation of Madonna is dead-on (= exactly right).她模仿麦当娜像极了，丝毫不差。(Am) Dead air is an unintentional time of silence during a radio or television broadcast.(电视、广播因故障)停播The engineers worked to fix the problem while the station broadcast dead air instead of the program.电台停播节目期间，技师们忙着修复故障。A dead end is a road which is closed at one end, and therefore does not lead anywhere.死胡同This road seems to be a dead end--we'll have to turn back.这条路看来是条死胡同----我们得往回走。(fig.) Negotiators have reached a dead end (= have not been successful and cannot go further) in their attempts to find a peaceful solution.谈判者们试图找到一个和平的解决方法，但却陷入僵局。(fig.) He's in a dead-end job (= one with no hope of improving his position).他的工作没有发展前途。A dead heat is a competition in which two or more competitors finish at exactly the same time or with exactly the same result.(比赛中)同时到达终点或取得同样成绩The race ended in a dead heat.比赛结果不分胜负。The opinion polls show the three election candidates in a dead heat (with each other).民意测验结果表明三个候选人票数相当，不分上下。Nothing was decided at the meeting--it was just a dead loss (= totally useless).会议上没作出什么决定----会等于白开。A dead ringer is someone or something which looks very similar to someone or something else.酷似某人或某物的人或东西Of course Pat's a dead ringer for Rachel--she's her twin sister.帕特当然和雷切尔长得一模一样----她们是孪生姐妹。(Am) If someone catches, gets or has you dead to rights, they have found you doing something wrong or against the law.当场抓获，抓住小辫子I'd been driving above the speed limit and the police radar caught me dead to rights.我正以超限速的速度开车时，被警方雷达当场抓获。She said I had her dead to rights when I found her with a slice of cake in front of her.她说当我发现她面前有一片蛋糕时，等于抓住了她的小辫子。
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