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■ dead本来是形容词,但在若干场合可以当作副词使用,表示“完全”、“十分”。 - dead ahead正在前头
- dead certain确信
- dead drunk酩酊大醉
- dead easy易如反掌
- dead right十分正确
- dead slow慢吞吞
- dead straight笔直
- dead sure蛮有把握
- dead tired疲惫不堪。
- His parents were dead against the marriage.他的父母坚决反对这门亲事。
反之,dead 加了后缀 -ly,反而成了个纯粹的形容词,意思是“致人死命的”或是“噩耗频传的”。 - Cyanide is a deadly poison.氰化物是一种致人死命的毒药。
- This past Aug. and September were the two deadliest months on record for Iraqis... (Newsweek, Oct. 30, 2006, p.49)今年八、九两月是有记录以来伊拉克人丧生最多的月份…
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