VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤be, lie死了◇His wife lay dead beside him.他的妻子死了,躺在他的身邊。➤look看上去死了▸➤play裝死◇The animal will sometimes escape danger by playing dead.這種動物有時靠裝死躲過危險。➤drop, fall, fall down倒地身亡◇He just dropped dead one day at work.一天他就在工作的時候突然倒地身亡。➤shoot sb, strike sb槍殺某人;(閃電)擊死某人◇Gunmen shot dead two unarmed police officers.持槍歹徒槍殺了兩名未攜帶武器的警官。◇She had been struck dead by lightning.她是給閃電劈死的。➤find sb發現某人死去◇The woman was found dead with a rope around her neck.有人發現那個女人死了,脖子上纏着一根繩子。➤declare sb, pronounce sb宣佈某人死亡◇She was declared dead on arrival at the hospital.到達醫院時,她便被宣佈死亡。ADVERB➤quite (especially BrE) 徹底死亡◇I'm afraid he's quite dead.恐怕他已經徹底斷氣兒了。➤almost, nearly幾乎死去▸➤already已經死亡◇By the time the police arrived, he was already dead.警察趕到時,他已經死了。PHRASES➤dead and buried (figurative) 壽終正寢◇In ten years he'll be dead and buried as a politician.10 年以後他的政治生涯就會壽終正寢。➤dead and gone死去◇That won't happen until long after I'm dead and gone.那種事不會發生,除非我死後很久。➤dead or alive是死還是活◇A reward was offered for his capture dead or alive.只要抓到他,不論死活,都有賞。➤more dead than alive接近死亡;奄奄一息◇Poor child, she looks more dead than alive.可憐的孩子,她看上去跟死人沒什麼兩樣。