Batteries are rarely a worry except when the devices they supply power to go dead.

Jim intends to make a dead set at winning the tennis prize this year.

吉姆打算今年竭尽全力在网球赛中获奖.

The soldiers will make a dead set at the enemy village ahead.

这些士兵会攻击前面的敌村.

The company had her dead to rights after people found her stealing confidential files.

有人发现她窃取秘密文件,她难逃公司惩罚.

He had me dead to rights but somehow I got away with it.

他要与我当面对质,但不知道怎地我就躲开了.

The thief was caught dead to rights.

那小偷当场被抓.

We don't need the doctor who is dead to all feeling.

我们不需要麻木不仁的医生.

I had been dead to all feeling except for that one.

我已经麻木了,除了这件事.

A freak accident led me to a dead man's shoes.

一次奇怪的事故让我成为了继承人.

The car is written off as dead loss.

这辆小汽车被登记为彻底报废.

The building firm is a dead loss.

那家建筑公司安全垮了.

They changed the currency, so these bills are a dead loss.

他们改变了货币, 所以这些钞票已经成为废纸.

This film is a dead loss; I don't like it.

这部电影很差劲, 我不喜欢.

This pen is a dead loss: it just won't write properly.

这枝笔没用了: 书写很不流畅.

It's a dead certainty that he will come in time.

他肯定会准时来的.

He said he would come to the party for a dead certainty.

他说过他肯定要来参加宴会的.

It was with dead certainty that Ken will leave for Beijing.

肯一定会前往北京.

Linda and Tina were again on speaking terms, their disagreement dead and buried.

琳达和蒂娜关系又好了, 他们的分歧早已烟消云散了.

As an actress, I'm dead and buried.

作为一名演员, 我早已被人淡忘.

I consider her to be dead and buried in my mind.

在我脑海中,我已经完全把她忘记了.

The world will go on turning after you're dead and buried.

你要是死了,地球照样转.