1.dead作形容词，意为“死的，已死去；枯的，过时的，用完的，萧条的，疲劳的，无感的”，在句中作定语或表语，表示状态。
She has been dead for three years. 她已去世三年了。
My mother's dead; she died in 1987.
我母亲不在了，她是1987年去世的。
Catherine's dead body lay peacefully on the bed.
凯瑟琳的尸体安详地躺在床上。
More than 2, 200 dead birds have been found.
已经发现了 2, 200 多只死鸟。
There are some dead leaves on the ground. 地上有一些枯叶。
Is the Western a dead art form?
西部电影这种艺术形式过时了吗？
There were two dead bottles of wine on the table.
桌子上有两个空酒瓶。
Winter is traditionally the dead season for the housing market.
冬天历来是住房市场的萧条季节。
She felt dead on her feet and didn't have the energy to question them further.
她觉得累死了，没有力气继续审问他们了。
He was dead to all feelings of pity.
他毫无同情心。
Meadowhall is also dead easy for people to get to.( Dead is sometimes used to mean 'very'.)
去梅多霍尔购物中心也非常方便。
A 'no' vote would have left the treaty dead in the water.
一张否决票可能就会使这个条约胎死腹中。
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the dead 表示“死者”，与 the living（活着的人）相对。
Do the dead ever come back to life？死人难道会复活吗？
2.death作名词，意为“死，毁灭”，可作不可数名词或可数名词，作可数名词时，表示多少人员的死或某种方式的死亡。
He was frozen to death. 他冻死了。
Ten people burned to death in the hotel fire.
旅馆火灾中有十人被烧死。
The earthquake caused fifteen thousand deaths. 那次地震造成了15000人死亡。
The general died a heroic death. 将军英勇牺牲了。
He died a slow and painful death.
他缓慢而痛苦地死去。
My father's death had a profound effect on us all.
父亲的去世深深地影响了我们全家。
Her death was a great shock to us all.
她的死使我们所有人都感到非常震惊。
For a long time his death was concealed from her.
他的死瞒了很长时间都没告诉她。
A young man was found beaten to death last night.
昨天夜里有人发现一名小伙子被打死了。
How she met her death will probably never be known.
她的死因也许将永远无人知晓。
Her father's death impacted greatly on her childhood years.
父亲去世对她的童年造成巨大影响。
His wife's death disturbed the balance of his mind.
妻子的离世使他心神不宁。
3.deadly作形容词，意为“致命的,极度的;十足的;彻底的;非常有效的;无法防御的;枯燥的”。 指事物（如疾病、武器等）致命的。
The nuclear bomb is one type of deadly weapons.
核弹是致命武器之一。
AIDS is a deadly disease.
艾滋病是一种致命的疾病。
The shock was deadly to her. 这次打击对她是致命的。
Some mushrooms contain a deadly poison.
有些蘑菇含有致命毒素。
The Energy Department plans to solidify the deadly waste in a high-tech billion-dollar factory.
能源部计划在造价几十亿美元的高科技工厂里将那些致命的废料固态化。
Passive smoking can be deadly too
被动吸烟也可能会致命。
It is a deadly snake. 这是一条毒蛇。
The cobra is one of the world's deadliest snakes.
眼镜蛇是世界上毒性最剧烈的蛇类之一。
The terrorists have chosen to play a deadly game with the civilian population.
恐怖分子故意要同平民百姓做死亡游戏。
I'm in deadly earnest.
我是非常认真的。
We sat in deadly silence.
我们默不作声地坐着。
She finds these parties deadly.
她觉得这些聚会无聊极了。
The two became deadly enemies.
这两人成了死敌。
They are deadly enemies.
他们是不共戴天的仇敌。
4.deathly作形容词，意为“像死一般的”。副词，死一般地;让人想到死亡，极其;非常
The roar of the explosion was followed by a deathly silence.
剧烈爆炸后是一片死寂。
A deathly silence hung over the square.
广场上死一般地寂静。
There was a deathly hush in the theatre.
戏院里一片寂静。
He went deathly pale.
他面如死灰。
Her face was deathly pale.
她的脸色死一般苍白。
He is deathly afraid of black crows.
他非常害怕黑乌鸦。
I took a deathly dull job.
我接受了一份极其枯燥的工作。
