a dead person

基本解释

"But one thing you never get used to is the feel of a dead person - it's always shocking," she says. "It's like cement - that cold, that hard, and that heavy."
“但有一点永远无法习惯的是死者的触感，总是会让人吃一惊”，她说，“尸体摸起来就像水泥，冰冷冰冷、发僵发硬，而且特别的沉”。
M: Inheritance tax should be paid when the wealth of a dead person is inherited by someone.
遗产税应该在继承死者的财富的时候缴等等.
You're like a dead person while you sleep.
你睡过了。睡得像死猪一样。

In other words, a person who is suffering from the effects of severe cold may seem dead,but still be alive.
And then my father who has passed, who is dead I should say, and profound in his spirituality. A very soft-spoken person.
然后是我的爸爸，虽然他已经去世了，一致和深刻的精神世界，他是个很斯文的人。
普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选
Every time I try to picture myself being dead, I smuggle myself back in, conscious and existing as a person, hence, not dead as a person.
每次我想象自己的死亡时，就会将自己带入，有意识作为人而存在的状态，所以也就不再处于死亡了。
耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

The punishment principle asserts that the state should not punish a dead person or his estate.
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