半死不活

Better if he had died instead of having to suffer living death.

他不如死了更好,免得受这种半死不活,虽生犹死得痛苦.

Some say Clinton's economic package is dead in the water.

有些人说，克林顿的全盘经济方案还没有拿出来，已经半死不活了。

and all thoughts born of a fast must necessarily be half-starved.

而且，一切由做斋戒而来的思想，必定也是半死不活的思想。

Better if he had died instead of having to suffer a living death.

他不如死了更好，免得受这种半死不活，虽生犹死得痛苦。

Bewildered and half drowned as I was, I had the sense to rush aft.

我已被淹得半死不活, 昏头昏脑了,但还知道往船尾跑.

Dead man in a business to work, wages were low.

男人在一家半死不活的企业上班, 工资微薄.

The man, more dead than alive, was brought in and locked in the cellar.

这个男的, 半死不活, 被带进来,锁在地窖中.

A grasshopper half-dead with hunger, came by and asked the ants for a morsel to save his life.

此时，一只饿得半死不活的蝗虫，来到这儿求蚂蚁给他点儿吃得。

The only sign of life was a slight wriggling of his tail.

待我摸到时，我发现它已经半死不活了，唯一的生命迹象就是它轻轻蠕动的尾巴。

These workers are not to be confused with the most tedious presentee-ists, who insist on showing up half dead at the office to demonstrate how indispensable they are to the operation.

不要把这些人与那些最无聊的假性出勤者混为一谈。后者半死不活地在办公室露个脸，就为了显示自己对公司业务有多么不可或缺。

The poor child looks more dead than alive.

这孩子看上去半死不活的，真可怜。

He felt half dead with tiredness.

他已经累得半死不活了。

The lame-duck company finally got over from the long-lasting depression for the new personnel reshuffle.

那家半死不活的公司通过新的人事改组最终摆脱了 长期 的低迷境况.

The muggers beat up the old man within an inch of his life.

那些行凶抢劫者把那老人打得半死不活.