(Latin 拉) for this stronger reason 因为这一更充分理由; 更加: * If he can afford a luxury yacht, then a fortiori he can afford to pay his debts. 他若能买得起豪华的快艇, 就更能匀出钱来还债了. 其它符号请参见纸质词典
dealer
/'di:lE(r); 'dill/
n
1 person who distributes playing-cards 發牌者.
2 ~ (in sth) trader 商人:
* a used-car dealer 舊車商
* a furniture dealer 傢具商
* a dealer in (ie sb who buys and sells) stolen goods 買賣贓物的商人.
NOTE ON USAGE 用法: Dealers, traders and merchants are all people who earn money from selling goods. *dealers、 traders、 merchants都是以出售貨物賺錢的人.
1 A trader works informally and casually selling household goods, etc, especially in a market *trader的工作是非正式的及臨時性的, 出售的是日用百貨等, 尤指在市場中出售者: a market/street trader 市場[走街
dean
/di:n; din/
n
1 clergyman who is head of a cathedral chapter 教長（大教堂教士中職位最高者）; 主任牧師.
2 (also ,rural `dean)
(esp Brit) clergyman who is responsible for a number of parishes （鄉區的）主任牧師（主管若干牧區）.
3 (a) (in some universities) person who is responsible for discipline （在某些大學中的）學監.
(b) head of a university department of studies （大學的）系主任:
* dean of the faculty of law 法律系系主任.
4 (US) = doyen.
派生： deanery/'di:nEri; 'dinEri/
n (a) office or house of a dean(1,2) 教長、 主任牧師或鄉區牧師的辦公室或住宅.
(b) group of parishes under a rural dean 鄉區主任牧師管轄下的若干牧區.
dear
/diE(r); dir/
adj (-er, -est)
1 ~ (to sb) loved
(by sb); greatly valued 親愛的; 極為珍貴的:
* my dear wife 我親愛的妻子
* his dearest possessions, friends 他最寶貴的所有物、 朋友
* My daughter is very dear to me. 我的女兒是我的寶貝.
* He lost everything that was dear to him. 他失去了自己珍愛的一切東西.
2 (used attributively with little and old to show fondness 作定語與little及old連用表示親 之意):
* What a dear little child! 多麽可愛的孩子!
* Dear old Paul! 親愛的保羅!
3 (used attributively as a form of address in letters, and politely or ironically in speech 冠於信函中的稱謂及用於言語, 以示禮貌或諷刺):
* Dear Sir/Madam 敬啟者
* Dear Mr Bond 邦德先生台鑒
* My dear fellow, surely you don't mean that! 親愛的朋友, 那決不是你的本意吧!
4 [usu pred 通常作表語
dear1
* Be a dear and (ie Please) give me that book. 做做好事, 把那本書給我吧.
2 (used to address sb one knows very well 用以稱呼極熟悉的人): Yes, dear, I'll write to mother. 是的, 親愛的, 我要給媽媽寫信.
* Come here, my dear. 上這兒來, 親愛的.
dear interj (used in expressions of surprise, impatience, dismay, etc 用以表示驚奇、 不耐煩、 驚恐等): Oh dear! I think I've lost it! 糟糕! 我可能把它給丟了!
* Dear me! What a mess! 天哪! 亂成什麽樣子了!
dearest/'diErist; 'dirist/
n (used to address sb one likes very much 用以稱呼非常喜愛的人):
* Come, (my) dearest, let's go home. 好啦, 親愛的, 咱們回家吧.
dearly adv
1 very much 非常地: He loves his mother dearly. 他極愛他的母親.
* She would dearly like to get that job. 她非常想得到那份工作.
2
(fig rhet 比喻, 修辭) with great loss, damage, etc （損失、 損壞等）極大地: She paid dearly for her mistake, ie It caused her many problems. 她為自己的錯誤付出極大代價.
* Victory was dearly bought, eg because many soldiers died. 勝利來之不易（如因犧牲了很多士兵）.
3 (idm 習語) sell one's life dearly => sell.
dearness n [U
death1
* The TV cameras were in at the death and filmed the arrest. 進行逮捕時正好有電視攝像機錄下了這場面. bore sb to death/tears => bore2. catch one's death => catch1. dice with death => dice. die the death => die2. ,do sth to `death perform (a play, a piece of music, etc) so often that people become tired of seeing or hearing it （劇本、 樂曲等）頻頻演出而令人感到厭倦不願再看或再聽:
* That idea's been done to death. 那主意聽得膩死人了. a fate worse than death => fate. flog sth to death => flog. frighten/scare sb to death/out of his wits => frighten. the kiss of death => kiss. like grim death => grim. a matter of life and death => matter1. put sb to death execute sb; kill sb 處死某人; 殺死某人:
* The prisoner was put to death
(by firing squad) at dawn.那囚犯在黎明時被（行刑隊）處決. sick to death of sb/sth => sick. sudden death => sudden. tickled pink/to death => tickle. to the death until sb is dead 直至某人死亡:
* a fight to the death 拼到死的搏鬥.
複合： `deathbed n bed in which a person is dying or dies 臨終時臥的床: He forgave her on his deathbed, ie as he lay dying. 他在臨終時原諒了她.
* [attrib 作定語
death2
`death rate yearly number of deaths per 1000 people in a group 死亡率（每年每1000人中的死亡人數）.
`death-rattle n rattling sound in the throat of a dying person 臨終前喉頭髮出的呼嚕聲.
,death `row (also death house) (US) group of prison cells for those condemned to death 死囚的牢房.
`death's head human skull as an emblem of death 象徵死亡的骷髏頭.
`death-toll n number of people killed
(eg in a war or an earthquake) 死亡名單（如在戰爭或地震中）.
`death-trap n (a) place where many people have died in accidents 死亡陷阱（造成許多人在事故中死亡的地方）: That sharp bend is a death-trap for motorists. 那個急轉彎是開汽車的人的死亡陷阱.
(b) place where many people could die
(eg in a fire) 可使許多人死亡的地方（如火場）: The cars blocking the exits could turn this place into a death-trap. 那些汽車堵住出口能把這地方變成遭難場所.
`death-warrant n
1 (a) written order that sb should be executed 死刑執行令.
(b) act, decision, etc that causes the end of sth 使某事物終止的行動、 決定等: The tax is a death-warrant for small businesses. 交稅是小企業的致命負擔.
2 (idm 習語) sign sb's/one's own death-warrant => sign2.
,death-watch `beetle small beetle whose larva bores into wood with a ticking sound 紅毛竊蠹（一種小甲蟲）.
`death-wish n (often subconscious) desire for one's own or sb else's death （常為潛意識的）希望自己或他人死亡的想法.
deathless
/'deWlis; 'deWlis/
adj
(fml 文) never to be forgotten; immortal 永 的; 永生的; 不朽的:
* deathless fame, glory, etc 不朽的聲譽、 榮譽等
* (ironic 反語) The letter was written in his usual deathless (ie bad, unmemorable) prose. 他這封信是用其萬世不變的筆調寫成的.
debacle
/dei'ba:kl; de'bakl/
n (a) sudden and complete failure; fiasco 突然的大失敗; 慘敗:
* His first performance was a debacle:
* the audience booed him off the stage. 他的首場演出一敗塗地, 觀眾發出噓聲把他轟下了臺.
(b) retreat by beaten troops who run away scared and in disorder 敗軍在慌亂中的潰逃:
* Many men were shot or captured in the debacle. 敗軍在潰逃時有很多人被擊斃或俘虜.
