| 词汇 | dead-on-arrival |
| 释义 | dead on arrival collocation (abbreviationDOA) already dead at the time of arriving at a place, especially a hospital: The motorcyclist was dead on arrival at the hospital.那位摩托车手被送到医院时已经死亡。 She was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. If you say that a plan, idea, etc. is dead on arrival, you mean that it is certain to fail: The peace agreement is already dead on arrival. Nine out of the ten scientists on the panel declared the proposal dead on arrival. See deadadjective arrival He received a massive knife wound to the chest and was pronounced dead on arrival at the infirmary. The doctors certified her as dead on arrival. The boy was dragged ashore and given first aid, but was dead on arrival at hospital. Death and dying all-cause mortality antemortem bereave bite bleed out coroner death toll ghost have one foot in the graveidiom macabre perish raise raise someone from the deadidiom remains roadkill self-extinction sepulchrally snuff strike someone down toll You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Failures |
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