DEADno longer aliveRELATED WORDSoppositeALIVEbody of a dead person 不再活着BODYsee alsoDIEKILLGHOST1 no longer alive 死人的尸体dead /ded/ [adjective]someone or something that isdead has stopped living 死的 She's no longer breathing - I think she's dead. 她不再呼吸了——我想她已死了。 The dead man's wife was questioned by police. 那名死者的妻子受到警察的审问。 The doctor told him that unless he stopped drinking he would be dead within a year. 医生告诉他，如果他不戒酒就活不过一年。 It was autumn, and the path was covered in dead leaves. 秋天，路上落满了枯叶。 These flowers look dead - shall I throw them away? 这些花看样子已经枯萎了—我把它们扔掉好吗？ Following the shoot-out six people were dead and three were wounded. 枪战过后，有六人死亡三人受伤。dead on arrivalalready dead when arriving at a hospital 送到医院时已经死亡 One of the gunshot victims was pronounced dead on arrival at City Hospital. 枪击事件的其中一名受害者送达市立医院时被宣布已死亡。late /leɪt/ [adjective only before noun]formaluse this as a polite way of talking about someone who has died, especially someone who died recently 【正式】已故的〔尤指新近去世的；表示尊敬〕somebody's late husband/wife/mother/father She set up the fund in memory of her late husband. 她为了纪念已故的丈夫而成立了该基金。the late President Marcos/John Lennon etc He is a big fan of reggae music and the late Bob Marley. 他是雷盖音乐和已故的鲍勃·马利的狂热崇拜者。stone-dead/dead as a doornail /ˌstəʊn ˈded, ˌded əz ə ˈdɔːʳneɪl/ [adjective not before noun]informalcompletely dead - use this when you are completely certain that someone or something is dead 【非正式】肯定死了的，完全死了的 By the time we found him he was stone-dead. 我们发现他时，他已经完全断气了。 Tom poked the bird with a stick. ‘Yeah, it's as dead as a doornail.’ 汤姆用树枝捅了捅那只鸟，“是的，它确实死了。”lifeless /ˈlaɪfləs/ [adjective]something that is lifeless shows no sign of life - use this about someone's body, or someone's hand or face 无生命的，僵死的〔用于指身体、手或脸〕 He took the dead girl's hand. It felt cold and lifeless. 他握住了死去女孩的手。那手摸上去冰冷僵硬，毫无生气。 The men found Dunlap's lifeless body slumped in the front seat of his car. 那些人发现邓拉普僵死的身体瘫在他汽车的前座上。the dead /ðə ˈded/ [plural noun]especially writtenpeople who have died - use this especially about people who died in wars or accidents 【尤书面】〔尤指战争或意外事故中的〕死者，死难者，亡故者 a religious service to commemorate the dead of two World Wars 为纪念两次世界大战中的死难者而举行的宗教仪式 Four of the dead had been travelling in the same car. 四名死者同乘一辆车旅行。 Ordinary Americans are beginning the heart-breaking task of counting their dead. 美国的平民开始了统计死难者人数这令人心碎的工作。the deceased /ðə dɪˈsiːst/ []formala dead person, especially one who has died recently - used especially in news reports and legal contexts 【正式】〔尤指去世不久的〕死者，已故者〔尤用于新闻报道或法律文件〕 The deceased died from an overdose of diet pills. 该死者是死于过量服用减肥丸。deceased [adjective]dead - use this especially when talking about someone's relative who has died recently 已故的〔尤指不久前去世的亲人〕 The President was an old friend of her deceased father, Dr. Bernstein. 总统是她已故的父亲伯恩斯坦博士的老朋友。posthumous /ˈpɒstjɑməsǁˈpɑːstʃə-/ [adjective usually before noun]given to someone or done for someone after they die 死后的，身后的 Bentley's relatives are demanding a posthumous pardon from the government. 本特利的亲属要求政府准予死后特赦。posthumously [adverb] She was posthumously awarded the Queen's medal for bravery. 她因勇敢死后被追授女王奖章。be pushing up daisies /biː ˌpʊʃɪŋ ʌp ˈdeɪziz/ [verb phrase]spokenif someoneis pushing up daisies, they are dead - used humorously 【口】葬在地下，入土〔幽默用法〕 He talks about spending his parents’ money as if they were already pushing up daisies. 他讲起花父母钱的口气，好像他父母已经进棺材了似的。