I argued that it was not so trivial, that were it not for the precious accident of the train schedule, I would be in prison or dead.

我想胜利不能算小，如果没有火车时刻表给我的宝贵的抢先一着，我早就给关进监狱或者给打死了。

youdao

But here I was faced with a customer who was dead wrong in his insistence that his preference would be the better choice.

但是我现在面对的顾客不可救药的坚持认为他偏爱的电脑会更好。

youdao

Android applications - My prediction last year was that the Android platform would be dead before I would ever be able to try it.

Android应用程序——我曾在去年预测Android平台将会在我还未能够有机会使用前就带死腹中。

youdao

Had I been an agent of government in that situation, had I not been able to demonstrate my credentials as a humanitarian, I would be dead now.

FORBES: Magazine Article

To my family, I would be as good as dead.

NEWYORKER: The House Behind a Weeping Cherry

If I hadn't found him then, the boy would be dead by now.

NPR: Literature and Lullabies from the 'Axis of Evil'