He acted like a father to his thirteen nieces and nephews, the children of his dead brothers.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

So, I said, okay, I didn't want to assume so we clicked senior and frankly it was then a dead end because apparently to get some senior discount you need to have some special pass or something like this that we didn't have and yet that certainly wasn't obvious here so now we together and this person in particular had to figure out how you go back and then restart this process.

我说，好的，我不希望揣测，所以我点击了老人票,然后问题就来了，因为似乎,需要特殊的号码之类的东西来购买老年票,但是我们没有,明显我们不应该走这步,现在我们一起必须找出,怎样返回，然后重新开始这个步骤。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

I am not a Dead Head, I am not, you know, sort of like, the kind of fan that followed them around.

我不是个死脑筋，我不是那种能追随他们到天涯海角的粉丝。

精彩音乐会 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It acts like a washcloth, helps remove dead skin cells and makes the soap last longer.

VOA: special.2011.03.09

It was not very like... it was a dead place of cobblestone streets.

它不像是……它是一个死气沉沉的地方。

肉品市场区的变迁 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

We say this is like beating a dead horse.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

She is a malcontent, the dream-like projection of Cobb's dead wife.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20