dead on arrival

释义

1. 1

   （事故受害者或病人）到达医院时已经死亡

   (of an accident victim or other patient) already dead when arriving at hospital

   She was pronounced dead on arrival.她在送达医院时即被宣布死亡。

2. 2

   口语美式

   已不可能成功；到货即损；到达时已无用

   very unlikely to be successful; not working when it is delivered

   The bill was dead on arrival in the Senate.这项法案在参议院就不可能通过。

同一词条的短语

• be dead and gone
• be a dead ringer for
• dead as a dodo
• dead as a doornail
• a dead duck
• the dead hand of
• dead in the water
• dead meat
• dead to the world
• over my dead body
• wouldn't be seen dead
• flog a dead horse