| 词汇 | example_english_death-trap |
| 释义 | Examples of death trapThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The minister of defence again warned that the plan was a deathtrap but nobody listened. It was a deathtrap in the last war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is one of the principal factors in making this spot the deathtrap that it is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That short stretch of dual carriageway is a deathtrap, because there is motorway either side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The street itself has become a veritable deathtrap owing to the congestion of traffic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When sold on the second-hand market, such a car could become a deathtrap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A minority of bed and breakfast accommodation, which is the lot of many who are accepted as being homeless, is a deathtrap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the three-lane road is a deathtrap, because of the possibility of head-on collision at speed with a heavy lorry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a fire broke out, it would be a deathtrap for the people there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of it is a fire risk and some a deathtrap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In order to get the best lighting it might produce what is a deathtrap for skidding, especially in wet weather. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She did not have a great deal of expertise and, six months later, she found that the vehicle was a deathtrap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will show, by giving the figures, that it cannot be regarded as anything but a deathtrap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My constituents who live in the area are very firm that the position at the south side of the bridge is a positive deathtrap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should recognise that, in modern conditions, the life-boat has become not so much a lifeboat as a deathtrap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that checkpoints are a deathtrap for those who have to man them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They could prove a deathtrap if fire broke out and exact a horrible and excessive penalty on those who have patronised unlicensed premises. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They feel that they are in a deathtrap and it is natural that they should ask to be taken from it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The authorities know that the tunnel is a deathtrap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They still hanker after permanent land bases, perfectly adequate if we can reach them, a deathtrap if we cannot in wartime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The seas are a huge deathtrap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should never be complacent, because, although the rural scene may appear pleasant, it can be a deathtrap, especially those modern, huge, smelly slurry pits. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are a deathtrap, too. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The partitioning of rooms made the place a warren of corridors and cramped winding staircases—a deathtrap from which few residents could hope to escape in a fire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The road is a deathtrap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For many old people, who have greater needs than younger people for heat, clothing and transport provided by others, the poverty trap can sometimes be a deathtrap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a deathtrap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In all, he made 10 separate trips through the brutal fire, each time bringing out a man from the deathtrap. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Same way in the guise of a revolution the boys are lured into a deathtrap. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The entryway to the pit was only eighteen inches wide, a deathtrap in the event of a fire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In fact, the new temple is an elaborate deathtrap. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 2009 the bridge was described as a deathtrap due to damages. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In less than a minute, the station had become a deathtrap. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The force plays havoc with the would-be rescuers, turning their righteous cause into a deathtrap. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The house was meant to be a deathtrap, since lacquer is highly flammable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There were six other poor fellows in the same shell hole who met the same fate, it was a perfect deathtrap. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To my layman's eyes it seemed like a deathtrap. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The rest of the groups realized this was a deathtrap, and began running away. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An otter and seals have followed the fish that now move up river to spawn in what was once an aquatic deathtrap. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was a proper deathtrap. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The fire officials reported that the building laws were not followed as the school had a thatched kitchen and classroom roof, no emergency exits and it was a deathtrap. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The refuge was turned into deathtrap. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was a walking deathtrap. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. If a fire ever occurred in some of them they would become little-short of death traps for those who happened to be in them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My opinion is that your commerce protecting flotilla will really become death traps for gallant lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She spoke about "death traps" and said that they must be improved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It concerns parents who buy second-hand car seats for their children, who could be buying potential death traps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why was not the opportunity taken to bring in private investment to rid the railways of those death traps? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The green lanes spread and death traps are created, in winter conditions, for livestock. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If in this coming week-end we can do something to stop these death traps, many accidents and injuries may be prevented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People are enticed on board "plush" ships which are death traps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are made of shoddy material, and are little more than death traps for any young man or woman motor cyclist who may wear one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These death traps for children remain, and will remain much longer if we do not do something about them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He will then find out what death traps they are. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They would be nothing less, in my opinion, than death traps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If large vehicles of this kind are to travel at such speeds, that will tend to turn pedestrian crossings into death traps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The roads which were meant for safety have become real death traps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need more decent homes to rent and proper controls on the death traps that exist in multi-occupied houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Too often, consumers are sold cars that are potential death traps to both owners and other road users. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They establish one-man businesses for the installation of central heating systems which are often death traps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But when we go inside such cottages we find them to be veritable death traps, because of lack of accommodation and their unsuitability as dwellings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Overlooked guard rails and overloaded scaffolding can be death traps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To attempt to make an air-raid shelter out of their basement would be to create frightful death traps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact that the properties that licensees occupy are death traps is of as much concern to them as it is to tenants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Flag of convenience ships are death traps, cause pollution, and in every way form an unsatisfactory world system of shipping. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are death traps to any child who might wander there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that the inspectors are going round, because there are many other death traps, too. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The snow and ice of this winter has now turned large sections of the country's road network into potential death traps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of them are veritable death traps, pestilential and pestiferous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We will find all these death traps—or a great many of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All of them are potential death traps in the home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They can only become death traps by a superior cruiser being sent out by the enemy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our experience is that some basements are shelters but that others are death traps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of these new houses are death traps for children of two to five years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Ten years more and the foul, sanitationless human death traps from which capitalist investments reaped profit will have gone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The difficulty in applying them is that we have nowhere for the people to go if we knock down the insanitary death traps in their districts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our present methods are death traps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are potential death traps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The strip crossings themselves replaced the studded ones, and they, in turn, fell into disuse, and in some cases are, indeed, worse death traps than the open road itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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