dead person，the dead，(the) defunct ；

[例句] 恐怖的死人照片 gruesome pictures of dead bodies

[例句] 他见到死人吓得毛骨悚然. The sight of the dead man made his hair stand on end.

fatal position，deathtrap ；

[例句] 他明白稍有差池就会被置于死地。 He knew one false move would end in death.

[例句] 原发性肿瘤并不会置人于死地，致命的是身体其他部位的继发肿瘤。 It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body.

be drowned，drown ；

[例句] 他们用力把她的头按到冰冷的水中，想淹死她。 They were forcing her head under the icy waters, drowning her.

[例句] 他在汹涌的海浪中挣扎了30分钟后淹死了。 He drowned after 30 minutes in the rough seas.

kill with poison，poison ；

[例句] 有毒废物可能危及生命，毒死鱼类。 Toxic waste could endanger lives and poison fish.

[例句] 你将不得不用药物把这些讨厌的植物毒死. You will have to kill these unwanted plants with poison.

strangle ；

[例句] 他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。 He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.

[例句] 他企图勒死一名边防警察并偷走他的枪。 He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun.

death，Azrael，the King of Terrors，[电影]Der Totmacher；

[例句] 他仍在医院与死神搏斗。 He is still fighting for his life in hospital.

[例句] 他的情况很危急，正在医院里与死神搏斗。 He was in a critical condition, fighting for his life in hospital.

breathless，dead，out for the count，dead and turned to clay，defunct ；

[例句] 警方认为她是被凶手活活用拳头打死的。 Police believe the killer punched her to death with his bare hands.

[例句] 他死的时候一文不名，葬在一处无名墓穴中。 He did die a pauper and is buried in an unmarked grave.

formalist，hidebound，inflexible，priggish ；

[例句] 拜占庭式复杂诡秘死板的机构 an organization of byzantine complexity

[例句] 学校将非常死板的生活方式强加给学生。 The school imposes a very regimented lifestyle on its students.

electrocution ；

[例句] 她把吹风机掉到浴缸中,因此立即被电死了. She dropped the hair dryer into the bathtub and was instantly electrocuted.

[例句] 许多大象常被火车和汽车撞死, 或是因为电线挂的太低而被电死. Many are hit by trains or cars, or electrocuted by low - hanging power lines.

suffocated，stifle，smother ；

[例句] 这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。 That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.

[例句] 他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。 He either suffocated, or froze to death.

athanasia，athanasy ；

[例句] 他认为他不死的灵魂有堕入地狱的危险。 He believed his immortal soul was in peril.

[例句] 如果我们不死,还会见面的. We may meet again if we are spared.

gone ；

[例句] 死去的孩子们的幽灵常在该村出没。 The village is haunted by the ghosts of the dead children.

[例句] 埃米斯以倒叙的方式讲述了这个故事，从这个男人死去的时候开始讲起。 Amis tells the story in reverse, from the moment the man dies.

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[例句] 了不起的流浪汉在啤酒里淹死, 这倒是个怪有趣儿的死法. The prominent transient drowned in beer. That would be a cute death.

[例句] 我愿让你选择怎么个死法. I will let you choose how you're going to die.

departed ；

[例句] 我们以为死了的那个人活生生地走进了房间. The man we thought dead walked bodily into the room.

[例句] " 嗯. "皮蒂没奈何地咕囔着, 仿佛她觉得无地自容,还不如死了的好. " Oh, " mumbled Pitty, helplessly, looking as if she wished she were dead.

die-hard，inflexible，stiff，very obstinate ；

[例句] 这时,除了最死硬的顽固分子以外,所有人的情绪都变了. This changed the temper of all but the most bards.

[例句] 死硬的房地产“信徒”,对此感到震惊、沮丧并不奇怪. The shock and dismay of die - hard real estate believers is not surprising.

posthumous，postmortem，[医] postmortal，postvital ；

[例句] 在耶稣死后的几个世纪里，基督徒们真的相信世界将要灭亡。 In the centuries following Christ's death, Christians genuinely believed the world was about to end.

[例句] 死后的刺伤仅仅只是穿透了表面. The postmortem stab wounds barely broke the surface.

be raised to the skies，drop off，quit the scene，give up the spirit，meet with one's death ；

[例句] 死去的孩子们的幽灵常在该村出没。 The village is haunted by the ghosts of the dead children.

[例句] 埃米斯以倒叙的方式讲述了这个故事，从这个男人死去的时候开始讲起。 Amis tells the story in reverse, from the moment the man dies.

hop the stick，kick the bucket，snuff out ；

[例句] 这孩子发烧这么厉害,差点儿死掉. The child had such a fever ( that ) he nearly died.

[例句] 我应该沉沦于此, 并且马上死掉 吗 ? ” Must I sink down there, and die at once? "

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[例句] 执行死刑的动机是要灌输恐惧。 The motive of the executions would be to instil fear.

[例句] 哈里斯案激化了人们对死刑的争论。 The case of Harris has sharpened the debate over capital punishment.

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[例句] 死伤者不少于五十人. There were no less than 50 killed and wounded.

[例句] 警方使用缆车将死伤者运下山. Police used a cable car to ferrydowndead and wounded from the hilltop.