Don't speak ill of the dead.

　　對死去的人，別說他的'短處。

　　We had come to a dead end in our research.

　　我們的研究工作已陷入絕境。

　　She's dead set on getting this new job.

　　她打定主意要得到這個新工作。

　　400 people a year die of this disease on average.

　　平均每年有400人死于這種疾病。

　　Five people died in a house fire last night.

　　有五人死于昨夜的住宅火災(zāi)。

　　Her parents died while she was still at school.

　　她還在讀書時父母就去世了。