我没有丝毫耐心，这死水般的沉闷令我衰老。

I have no patience, the stagnant water makes me dull aging.

youdao

相比之下，她们自己浮浅的生活和一潭死水般的日子倒变得难以忍受了。

By comparison, their own shallow life, their stagnant days, were becoming unbearable.

youdao

至今这座适宜的港口城市有些死水般的感觉，山脉和蜿蜒的道路将它与九州其他地域隔绝开来。

Yet this pleasant port-city today feels something of a backwater, cut off by mountains and winding roads from the rest of Kyushu.

youdao