1. He may be a very talented designer, but as a manager he's a dead loss. 他可能是一个很有天赋的设计师，但作为经理他却很无能。
2. I regret buying that car. It is a dead loss and does not worth the money at all. 我后悔买了那辆车。它糟透了，根本不值那个钱。
3. At high latitudes like ours, most small-scale ambient power production is a dead loss. 在像我们这样的高海拔地区，大部分的小规模电力生产是死路一条。
4. But defeat is a dead loss unless you do face it without humiliation, analyze it and learn why you failed. 但你一定要能够面对挫折而不感到羞耻，能够分析它并了解失败的原因，否则挫折就是绝对的损失。
5. The poor thing discovered her loss directly--she screamed out--`Oh, he's dead, Heathcliff! he's dead!' 这可怜的东西马上发现了她的损失，就尖声大叫：“啊，他死啦，希刺克厉夫！ 他死啦！”
