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deadly adjective | adverb
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dead·ly / 5dZdlI ; 5dedli /adjective
1. VERY DANGEROUS 非常危险的, likely to cause death致命的;SYNlethal
a deadly poison致命的毒药
a deadly weapon致命武器
deadly disease / virus致命疾病/病毒
2. deadly enemy someone who will always be your enemy and will try to harm you as much as possible不共戴天的敌人,死敌:
The two rapidly became deadly enemies.两个人很快就成了不共戴天的仇敌。
3. COMPLETE 完全的 complete or total 完全的,全部的:
We sat in deadly silence.我们默不作声地坐着。
He was in deadly earnest (completely serious) .他是十分认真的。
4. VERY EFFECTIVE 非常有效的, causing harm in a very effective way〔产生损害〕极有效的:
She hit the target with deadly accuracy.她准确无误地射中目标。
5. LIKE DEATH 死一般的, only before nounlike death in appearance死一般的:
His face had a deadly paleness.他的脸死一般的苍白。

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deadlyadverb
1. deadly serious / dull / boring etc very serious, dull etc非常严肃/沉闷/乏味等:
I'm deadly serious, this isn't a game!我是非常认真的,这不是儿戏!

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