二十笔实用成语 277

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二十笔实用成语 277

01. dead in the water, be
定义: 动弹不得; 无法操作的; 失败的; 不可能成功的.
例句: When you're job hunting, if you don't have an effective resume you're dead in the water. (当你找工作的时候, 如果没有一份有效的履历表你不可能成功)

02. dead issue, a
定义: 没有兴趣, 没关连, 没意义的话题或议题.
例句: There's no animosity between us, it's a dead issue as far as we're concerned. (我们两人之间没有不合, 对我们来说, 这是个没意义的话题)

03. dead last, the
定义: (比赛或竞争)最后一名.
例句: It doesn't matter if you come in dead last. Just finish the race. (即使你拿到最后一名也没关系. 你只要完成这个比赛就好)

04. dead letter, a
定义: 死信, 既不能送交也不能退还的信件; 没有执行力的法律.
例句: He agrees with Justice Murphy's assertion that the "Amendment without the sanction is a dead letter." (他同意墨菲法官的主张"没有正式批准的修正案等于一个没有执行力的法律.")

05. dead loss, a
定义: 净亏损; 完全损失或失败.
例句: The spoiled meat was a dead loss. We couldn't eat any of it. (这块坏掉的肉是个完全损失. 我们一点都不能吃)

06. dead man walking, a
定义: 将死之人, 将被执刑之人, 要完蛋的人或物.
例句: Mr. Obama's a dead man walking unless the economy turns around or he finds a way to somehow pin the still-flailing economy on the Republicans. (除非经济改善或他找出办法以某种方式把继续恶化经济的过失推诿给共和党, 欧巴马先生是个要完蛋的人)

07. dead meat/dead man, a
定义: [俚语]尸体, 尸骸; 将死之人, 要完蛋者, 被淘汰者.
例句: If you're caught driving drunk in Sweden, you're dead meat. (如果你在瑞典酒醉驾车被抓到的话, 你会完蛋)

08. dead needle, a
定义: 不动的指针.
例句: I installed a new gauge and still have a dead needle. It stays at the lowest and doesn't move. (我安装上了新的测量仪表之后指针仍然不动. 它停留在最低点, 全然不动)

09. dead nuts on, be
定义: 极为精确/正确; 爱得发狂.
例句: Allen has consistently been dead nuts on almost every issue. On this issue he nailed it. (几乎对每个议题, 爱伦一贯地保持正确看法. 对这个议题他击中要害)

10. dead of night/dead of the night, in the
定义: 三更半夜, 深夜, 夜深人静的时候.
例句: He waited until the dead of night before breaking into the house. (他等到夜深人静的时候才闯入这个屋子)

11. dead on arrival, be
定义: 到医院已无生命迹象; 寄运到这已经坏了; 了无希望的.
例句: The proposed tax plan was dead on arrival, hitting up motorists for another tax on gas is not the way to fix the city's infrastructure. (这件被提议的增税计划了无希望, 要求驾驶人付出另外一个汽油税不是一个修缮这个城市基础建设的好办法)

12. dead on one's feet, be
定义: 累得要命, 非常疲惫.
例句: Dead on her feet, she dragged herself into the living room where she stood undecidedly for a moment. (累得要命, 她拖着疲惫身子走进客厅, 她站在那里犹豫了一会儿)

13. dead presidents, the
定义: [俚语]美国纸钞票, 金钱, 财富. (注: 因为钞票上面印的都是死去的总统头像)
例句: It seems like Bill Gates has all the dead presidents in the world. (看样子比尔•盖次拥有世界上所有的财富)

14. dead reckoning, a
定义: 航位推算定位; 直觉计算, 臆测, 猜测.
例句: Before the development of celestial navigation, sailors navigated by dead reckoning. This was the method used by Columbus and most other sailors of his era. (在天体导航发展之前, 领航员凭着航位推算法导航. 这就是哥伦布及大部分其他同​​时代的领航员所使用的方法)

15. dead right, be
定义: 绝对正确.
例句: For one, history would suggest that those foolish hippies were dead right about the Vietnam war. (其中之一是, 历史会指出那些傻呼呼的嬉皮对越南战争的看法是绝对正确的)

16. dead ringer for, a
定义: 极像/酷似的人或动物. (注: 以前赛马场用酷似的马调包来骗赌客)
例句: Chad is a dead ringer for Tom. They look like twins. (查得跟汤姆长得极像. 他们看起来像一对双胞胎)

17. dead run, a
定义: 死命地跑.
例句: When she saw smoke coming from the kitchen, the old woman came in on the dead run to remove the burned loaf of bread from the oven. (当她看见从厨房冒出的迷漫烟雾, 这个老妇人死命地冲进厨房, 拿开烤箱内被烤焦的那条面包)

18. dead set against, be
定义: 坚决反对.
例句: She's dead set against abortion as a means of birth control. (她坚决反对以堕胎作为一个节育手段)

19. dead set on, be
定义: 死心塌地, 一心一意地, 坚决不移的, 爱得发狂.
例句: He was dead set on becoming a air force pilot, and was bitterly disappointed when he was rejected for poor eyesight. (他一心一意地想做一个空军飞行员, 但当他因为视力不佳被淘汰之后他愤愤不平地对此失望)

20. dead soldier, a
定义: 空酒瓶子.
例句: I told Mike not to spill any beer in my car. He drained the last mouthful of Budweiser and tossed the dead soldier into the back. (我告诉麦克别把啤酒洒在我车上. 他喝完了百威啤酒之后把空瓶子扔到后座)