释义 |
dead on arrival (abbreviation DOA) - (of an accident victim or other patient) already dead when arriving at a hospital熟睡;沉睡;酣睡
- She was pronounced dead on arrival.她在送达医院时即被宣布死亡。
- He didn’t even make it to hospital: DOA.他甚至没去医院:DOA。
- Many of the casualties were dead on arrival.许多伤亡人员到达时已经死亡。
- (North American English, informal) very unlikely to be successful; not working when it is delivered已不可能成功;到货即损;到达时已无用
- The bill was dead on arrival in the Senate.这项法案在参议院就不可能通过。
- The software was DOA.这软件送达时已经损坏。
Topics Difficulty and failurec2 See also dead |