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dead adj.死的；不起作用的；无趣的；筋疲力尽的；麻木的；完全的；无效的；沉闷的；（指球）界外的adv.完全地；直接地；突然地 (1) 它躺在那里眼睛闭著，确实死了。(2) 他已死了两年。(3) 电话打不通了。(4) 这地方多没意思!(5) 表演十分乏味.(6) 没有孩子的嬉戏,街道上死气沉沉的。(7) 你看起来累得半死不活的。(8) 我的手指麻木了，解不开结。(9) 我的腿完全没知觉了。(10) 她发言之后,屋内变得鸦雀无声。(11) 他对你的爱情已不复存在。(12) 辩论现已过时。(13) 拉丁语已成为一种死语言。(14) 很多人说缓和国际紧张局势的论调已是明日黄花。(15) 他砰的一声倒了下来。(16) 他酣然大睡。(17) 你绝对可以相信我是无辜的。(18) 风正对着我们吹。(19) 她突然在楼梯上停住了 People — and animals — who are deceased are dead, and if you forget to water your favorite plant, it may be dead too. You can even use this word for inanimate objects: when your car's battery runs out of power, your car won't start because it's dead. People describe themselves as dead when they're exhausted or lacking appropriate emotion: "Her voice was dead and cold." If your town is boring, you can say, "It's dead here on the weekends."

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英 [ded] 美 [ded] (1) It lay there with its eyes closed, dead as a doornail.(2) He has been dead for two years.(3) The phone went dead.(4) What a dead place this is!(5) The acting was rather dead.(6) The street seems dead without all the bustle of the children.(7) You seem half dead.(8) My dead fingers could not untie the knot.(9) My legs had gone completely dead.(10) She finished speaking, and there was dead silence in the room.(11) His love for you is dead.(12) The debate is now dead.(13) Latin has become a dead language.(14) Many people say that detente is now a dead letter.(15) He fell with a dead thud.(16) He was dead asleep.(17) You can be dead sure of my innocence.(18) The wind was dead against us.(19) She stopped dead on the stairway. Someone who's dead is not alive anymore. If you accidentally hit a squirrel with your car, you might stop and check to see if it's alive or dead. 1[ADJ 形容词]死亡的；去世的 A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living.   [the N]Her husband's been dead a year now...她的丈夫已经去世一年了。The group had shot dead another hostage.该组织又开枪打死了一名人质。...their dead brother.他们死去的兄弟...old newspapers and dead flowers.旧报纸和枯死的花The dead are people who are dead.（总称）死者The dead included six people attending a religious ceremony.死者包括 6 位参加宗教仪式的人。...the annual festival when Chinese traditionally honour the dead.中国人每年悼念死者的传统节日Usage Note :Do not confuse dead with died. Died is the past tense and past participle of the verb die, and thus indicates the action of dying. She died in 1934... Two men have died since the rioting broke out. You do not use died as an adjective. You use dead instead. More than 2,200 dead birds have been found.不要混淆 dead 和 died。died 是动词 die 的过去式和过去分词，因此表示死亡这一动作：She died in 1934（她死于 1934年），Two men have died since the rioting broke out（骚乱发生后已有两人死亡）。形容词不用 died, 而用 dead：More than 2, 200 dead birds have been found（已经发现了 2, 200 多只死鸟）。2[ADJ 形容词](土地或水域)无生命存在的 Land or water that is dead contains no living things. ...charred land, mountainsides of dead earth and stumps of trees...烧焦的土地、无一活物的山坡和残存的树桩But this water seems dead: it's polluted and horribly stagnant.但这似乎是一潭死水：受了污染而且恶臭无比。3[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](地方或时期)无生气的，死气沉沉的 If you describe a place or a period of time as dead, you do not like it because there is very little activity taking place in it.   [disapproval]...some dead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies...某个死气沉沉的小镇，那里最有活力的东西就是苍蝇This made that holiday week a particularly dead period.这让那一周的假期显得特别沉闷。4[ADJ 形容词]不再使用的；用尽的 Something that is dead is no longer being used or is finished. The dead cigarette was still between his fingers...那支已熄灭的香烟仍在他指间。This bottle's dead. But we've got another one.这一瓶已经空了，不过我们还有一瓶。5[ADJ 形容词](想法、计划或话题）不再令人感兴趣的，不值得再考虑的，已停滞的 If you say that an idea, plan, or subject is dead, you mean that people are no longer interested in it or willing to develop it any further. It's a dead issue, Baxter...这个问题已经没人再谈论了，巴克斯特。But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying...但那并不意味着这种政治主张已经或正在消亡。The deal with Chelsea may not, however, be dead.不过，与切尔西的交易或许还有戏。6[ADJ 形容词](语言）死的，不再通用的 A dead language is no longer spoken or written as a means of communication, although it may still be studied.   [usu ADJ n]We used to grumble that we were wasting time learning a dead language.我们过去常常抱怨自己是在浪费时间学一门死语言。7[ADJ 形容词](电话等电气设备）不再运转的，没电的 A telephone or piece of electrical equipment that is dead is no longer functioning, for example because it no longer has any electrical power.   [usu v-link ADJ]On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead.还有一回，我一接电话，就掉线了。8[ADJ 形容词](体育运动中的球）界外的，死的 In sport, when a ball is dead, it has gone outside the playing area, or a situation has occurred in which the game has to be temporarily stopped, and none of the players can score points or gain an advantage.   [JOURNALISM 新闻]9[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](声音)沉闷的；(颜色)暗淡的，不鲜亮的 A dead sound or colour is dull rather than lively or bright. 'That is correct, Meg,' he answered in his cold, dead voice...“没错，梅格。”他用冰冷、阴沉的声音答道。Then he heard a piercing scream echoing down the deep well, ending in a dull, dead thud.接着他听见深井里回响起一声刺耳的尖叫，然后是砰的一声闷响，再之后就什么也听不见了。Dead is also a combining form.（亦可用于构词）The blood drained from his face, leaving the skin dead white.他的脸失去了血色，变得一片死灰。10[ADJ 形容词]完全的，绝对的（尤用于修饰 centre, silence 和 stop） Dead is used to mean 'complete' or 'absolute', especially before the words 'centre', 'silence', and 'stop'.   [ADJ n]  [emphasis]He adjusted each chesspiece so that it stood dead centre in its square...他调整每颗棋子，使它们立于格子的正中央。They hurried about in dead silence, with anxious faces...他们匆匆地走来走去，一言不发，面露焦急之色。Lila's boat came to a dead stop.莉拉的船猝然停下。11[ADV 副词]正好；恰好；精确地 Dead means 'precisely' or 'exactly'.   [ADV prep/adv/adj]  [emphasis]Mars was visible, dead in the centre of the telescope...可以看得见火星，就在望远镜的正中央。Their arrows are dead on target...他们的箭正中靶心。A fishing boat came out of nowhere, dead ahead.一艘渔船不知从什么地方冒了出来，就在正前方。12[ADV 副词]很；非常 Dead is sometimes used to mean 'very'.   [ADV adj/adv/prep]  [emphasis]  [BRIT 英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]  [SPOKEN 口语]Meadowhall is also dead easy for people to get to...去梅多霍尔购物中心也非常方便。His poems sound dead boring, actually...实际上，他的诗听起来非常乏味。I am dead against the legalisation of drugs.我坚决反对将毒品合法化。13[CONVENTION 惯用语]（表示强烈反对）除非我死了 If you reply 'Over my dead body' when a plan or action has been suggested, you are emphasizing that you dislike it, and will do everything you can to prevent it.   [emphasis]  [INFORMAL 非正式]'Let's invite her to dinner.' — 'Over my dead body!'“我们请她来吃晚饭吧。”——“除非我死了！”14[PHRASE 短语]完全了结的；彻底过去的 If you say that something such as an idea or situation is dead and buried, you are emphasizing that you think that it is completely finished or past, and cannot happen or exist again in the future.   [v-link PHR]  [emphasis]I thought the whole business was dead and buried...我以为这整件事已经完全了结了。In two years, the British coal industry will be dead and buried.英国煤炭工业只消两年就将彻底瓦解。15[PHRASE 短语]突然死亡；猝死 If you say that a person or animal dropped dead or dropped down dead, you mean that they died very suddenly and unexpectedly.   [V inflects]He dropped dead on the quayside.他猝死在码头区。16[PHRASE 短语]See also:drop-dead；去死吧；见鬼去吧；别再烦人 If you tell someone to drop dead, you are insulting them, rudely disagreeing with them, or refusing to do something, or telling them to stop bothering you.   [disapproval]75% of the firms he called were hostile and told him to 'drop dead.'在他电话联系的公司里，75% 都怀有敌意，让他“见鬼去吧”。17[PHRASE 短语]不在人世的；去世的 If you say that someone is dead and gone, you are emphasizing that they are dead, and thinking about what happened or will happen after their death.   [v-link PHR]  [emphasis]Often a genius is recognized only after he is dead and gone.天才往往在离开人世之后才得到认可。18[PHRASE 短语]累得要命；病得半死 If you say that you feel dead or are half dead, you mean that you feel very tired or ill and very weak.   [v-link PHR]  [emphasis]  [INFORMAL 非正式]You looked half dead after that journey...经过那趟旅程之后，你看上去真是累坏了。I feel pretty dead right now.我觉得自己现在几乎快要死了。19[PHRASE 短语]在夜晚万籁俱寂之时/在隆冬 If something happens in the dead of night ,at dead of night, or in the dead of winter, it happens in the middle part of the night or the winter, when it is darkest or coldest.   [LITERARY 文]I couldn't fly illegally into a country in the dead of night...我不能在深夜乘飞机非法进入一个国家。We buried it in the garden at dead of night...我们在夜深人静的时候把它埋到了花园里。Early one Thursday morning in the dead of winter I awoke to a blizzard.隆冬时节的一个星期四，一大早醒来我就发现外面刮起了暴风雪。20[PHRASE短语](耶稣）复活/使…复活 When Christians say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead or raised someone from the dead, they mean that Jesus came back to life after he had died, or brought a dead person back to life.   [V inflects]21[PHRASE 短语]卷土重来；重新活跃起来（或获得成功） If you say that someone or something rises or comes back from the dead, you mean that they become active or successful again after being inactive for a while.   [V inflects]This was a company that, by all appearances, had risen from the dead...从一切迹象来看，这是一家已经起死回生的公司。Faldo came back from the dead to win his third Open golf championship.福尔多重整旗鼓，赢得了他的第三个高尔夫球公开赛冠军。22[PHRASE 短语]死也（不会），绝对（不会）（穿某种衣服、去某个地方或处于某种境地) If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them.   [PHR prep]  [emphasis]  [INFORMAL 非正式]I wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat.我死也不会戴草帽。...men who wouldn't be seen dead pushing a pram...死也不会去推婴儿车的男人们I wouldn't be caught dead in such an old-fashioned place.我绝对不会去那样老土的地方。23[PHRASE 短语]（使）突然停止（发生或移动） To stop dead means to suddenly stop happening or moving. To stop someone or something dead means to cause them to suddenly stop happening or moving.   [V inflects]We all stopped dead and looked at it...我们一下子全都停了下来看着它。She had meant to make a discreet entrance, but conversation stopped dead...她本打算悄悄进去，但谈话却突然中断了。The sight of it stopped them dead.一看见它，他们猝然停住了。24[PHRASE 短语]败局已定的；不太可能成功的 If you say that someone or something is dead in the water, you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future.   [v-link PHR]  [emphasis]A 'no' vote would have left the treaty dead in the water.一张否决票可能就会使这个条约胎死腹中。25 to flog a dead horse→see: flog； a dead loss→see: loss； a dead ringer→see: ringer； to stop dead in your tracks→see: track；

英语单词	dead
英美音标	英 [ded] 美 [ded]
中文释义	adj.死的；不起作用的；无趣的；筋疲力尽的；麻木的；完全的；无效的；沉闷的；（指球）界外的 adv.完全地；直接地；突然地
英语例句	(1) It lay there with its eyes closed, dead as a doornail. (2) He has been dead for two years. (3) The phone went dead. (4) What a dead place this is! (5) The acting was rather dead. (6) The street seems dead without all the bustle of the children. (7) You seem half dead. (8) My dead fingers could not untie the knot. (9) My legs had gone completely dead. (10) She finished speaking, and there was dead silence in the room. (11) His love for you is dead. (12) The debate is now dead. (13) Latin has become a dead language. (14) Many people say that detente is now a dead letter. (15) He fell with a dead thud. (16) He was dead asleep. (17) You can be dead sure of my innocence. (18) The wind was dead against us. (19) She stopped dead on the stairway.
中文例句	(1) 它躺在那里眼睛闭著，确实死了。 (2) 他已死了两年。 (3) 电话打不通了。 (4) 这地方多没意思! (5) 表演十分乏味. (6) 没有孩子的嬉戏,街道上死气沉沉的。 (7) 你看起来累得半死不活的。 (8) 我的手指麻木了，解不开结。 (9) 我的腿完全没知觉了。 (10) 她发言之后,屋内变得鸦雀无声。 (11) 他对你的爱情已不复存在。 (12) 辩论现已过时。 (13) 拉丁语已成为一种死语言。 (14) 很多人说缓和国际紧张局势的论调已是明日黄花。 (15) 他砰的一声倒了下来。 (16) 他酣然大睡。 (17) 你绝对可以相信我是无辜的。 (18) 风正对着我们吹。 (19) 她突然在楼梯上停住了
vocabulary简明	Someone who's dead is not alive anymore. If you accidentally hit a squirrel with your car, you might stop and check to see if it's alive or dead.
vocabulary扩展	People — and animals — who are deceased are dead, and if you forget to water your favorite plant, it may be dead too. You can even use this word for inanimate objects: when your car's battery runs out of power, your car won't start because it's dead. People describe themselves as dead when they're exhausted or lacking appropriate emotion: "Her voice was dead and cold." If your town is boring, you can say, "It's dead here on the weekends."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]死亡的；去世的 A person, animal, or plant that is dead is no longer living. [the N] Her husband's been dead a year now... 她的丈夫已经去世一年了。 The group had shot dead another hostage. 该组织又开枪打死了一名人质。 ...their dead brother. 他们死去的兄弟 ...old newspapers and dead flowers. 旧报纸和枯死的花 The dead are people who are dead.（总称）死者 The dead included six people attending a religious ceremony. 死者包括 6 位参加宗教仪式的人。 ...the annual festival when Chinese traditionally honour the dead. 中国人每年悼念死者的传统节日 Usage Note : Do not confuse dead with died. Died is the past tense and past participle of the verb die, and thus indicates the action of dying. She died in 1934... Two men have died since the rioting broke out. You do not use died as an adjective. You use dead instead. More than 2,200 dead birds have been found. 不要混淆 dead 和 died。died 是动词 die 的过去式和过去分词，因此表示死亡这一动作：She died in 1934（她死于 1934年），Two men have died since the rioting broke out（骚乱发生后已有两人死亡）。形容词不用 died, 而用 dead：More than 2, 200 dead birds have been found（已经发现了 2, 200 多只死鸟）。 2 [ADJ 形容词](土地或水域)无生命存在的 Land or water that is dead contains no living things. ...charred land, mountainsides of dead earth and stumps of trees... 烧焦的土地、无一活物的山坡和残存的树桩 But this water seems dead: it's polluted and horribly stagnant. 但这似乎是一潭死水：受了污染而且恶臭无比。 3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](地方或时期)无生气的，死气沉沉的 If you describe a place or a period of time as dead, you do not like it because there is very little activity taking place in it. [disapproval] ...some dead little town where the liveliest thing is the flies... 某个死气沉沉的小镇，那里最有活力的东西就是苍蝇 This made that holiday week a particularly dead period. 这让那一周的假期显得特别沉闷。 4 [ADJ 形容词]不再使用的；用尽的 Something that is dead is no longer being used or is finished. The dead cigarette was still between his fingers... 那支已熄灭的香烟仍在他指间。 This bottle's dead. But we've got another one. 这一瓶已经空了，不过我们还有一瓶。 5 [ADJ 形容词](想法、计划或话题）不再令人感兴趣的，不值得再考虑的，已停滞的 If you say that an idea, plan, or subject is dead, you mean that people are no longer interested in it or willing to develop it any further. It's a dead issue, Baxter... 这个问题已经没人再谈论了，巴克斯特。 But that doesn't mean this brand of politics is dead or dying... 但那并不意味着这种政治主张已经或正在消亡。 The deal with Chelsea may not, however, be dead. 不过，与切尔西的交易或许还有戏。 6 [ADJ 形容词](语言）死的，不再通用的 A dead language is no longer spoken or written as a means of communication, although it may still be studied. [usu ADJ n] We used to grumble that we were wasting time learning a dead language. 我们过去常常抱怨自己是在浪费时间学一门死语言。 7 [ADJ 形容词](电话等电气设备）不再运转的，没电的 A telephone or piece of electrical equipment that is dead is no longer functioning, for example because it no longer has any electrical power. [usu v-link ADJ] On another occasion I answered the phone and the line went dead. 还有一回，我一接电话，就掉线了。 8 [ADJ 形容词](体育运动中的球）界外的，死的 In sport, when a ball is dead, it has gone outside the playing area, or a situation has occurred in which the game has to be temporarily stopped, and none of the players can score points or gain an advantage. [JOURNALISM 新闻] 9 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](声音)沉闷的；(颜色)暗淡的，不鲜亮的 A dead sound or colour is dull rather than lively or bright. 'That is correct, Meg,' he answered in his cold, dead voice... “没错，梅格。”他用冰冷、阴沉的声音答道。 Then he heard a piercing scream echoing down the deep well, ending in a dull, dead thud. 接着他听见深井里回响起一声刺耳的尖叫，然后是砰的一声闷响，再之后就什么也听不见了。 Dead is also a combining form.（亦可用于构词） The blood drained from his face, leaving the skin dead white. 他的脸失去了血色，变得一片死灰。 10 [ADJ 形容词]完全的，绝对的（尤用于修饰 centre, silence 和 stop） Dead is used to mean 'complete' or 'absolute', especially before the words 'centre', 'silence', and 'stop'. [ADJ n] [emphasis] He adjusted each chesspiece so that it stood dead centre in its square... 他调整每颗棋子，使它们立于格子的正中央。 They hurried about in dead silence, with anxious faces... 他们匆匆地走来走去，一言不发，面露焦急之色。 Lila's boat came to a dead stop. 莉拉的船猝然停下。 11 [ADV 副词]正好；恰好；精确地 Dead means 'precisely' or 'exactly'. [ADV prep/adv/adj] [emphasis] Mars was visible, dead in the centre of the telescope... 可以看得见火星，就在望远镜的正中央。 Their arrows are dead on target... 他们的箭正中靶心。 A fishing boat came out of nowhere, dead ahead. 一艘渔船不知从什么地方冒了出来，就在正前方。 12 [ADV 副词]很；非常 Dead is sometimes used to mean 'very'. [ADV adj/adv/prep] [emphasis] [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式] [SPOKEN 口语] Meadowhall is also dead easy for people to get to... 去梅多霍尔购物中心也非常方便。 His poems sound dead boring, actually... 实际上，他的诗听起来非常乏味。 I am dead against the legalisation of drugs. 我坚决反对将毒品合法化。 13 [CONVENTION 惯用语]（表示强烈反对）除非我死了 If you reply 'Over my dead body' when a plan or action has been suggested, you are emphasizing that you dislike it, and will do everything you can to prevent it. [emphasis] [INFORMAL 非正式] 'Let's invite her to dinner.' — 'Over my dead body!' “我们请她来吃晚饭吧。”——“除非我死了！” 14 [PHRASE 短语]完全了结的；彻底过去的 If you say that something such as an idea or situation is dead and buried, you are emphasizing that you think that it is completely finished or past, and cannot happen or exist again in the future. [v-link PHR] [emphasis] I thought the whole business was dead and buried... 我以为这整件事已经完全了结了。 In two years, the British coal industry will be dead and buried. 英国煤炭工业只消两年就将彻底瓦解。 15 [PHRASE 短语]突然死亡；猝死 If you say that a person or animal dropped dead or dropped down dead, you mean that they died very suddenly and unexpectedly. [V inflects] He dropped dead on the quayside. 他猝死在码头区。 16 [PHRASE 短语]See also:drop-dead ；去死吧；见鬼去吧；别再烦人 If you tell someone to drop dead, you are insulting them, rudely disagreeing with them, or refusing to do something, or telling them to stop bothering you. [disapproval] 75% of the firms he called were hostile and told him to 'drop dead.' 在他电话联系的公司里，75% 都怀有敌意，让他“见鬼去吧”。 17 [PHRASE 短语]不在人世的；去世的 If you say that someone is dead and gone, you are emphasizing that they are dead, and thinking about what happened or will happen after their death. [v-link PHR] [emphasis] Often a genius is recognized only after he is dead and gone. 天才往往在离开人世之后才得到认可。 18 [PHRASE 短语]累得要命；病得半死 If you say that you feel dead or are half dead, you mean that you feel very tired or ill and very weak. [v-link PHR] [emphasis] [INFORMAL 非正式] You looked half dead after that journey... 经过那趟旅程之后，你看上去真是累坏了。 I feel pretty dead right now. 我觉得自己现在几乎快要死了。 19 [PHRASE 短语]在夜晚万籁俱寂之时/在隆冬 If something happens in the dead of night ,at dead of night, or in the dead of winter, it happens in the middle part of the night or the winter, when it is darkest or coldest. [LITERARY 文] I couldn't fly illegally into a country in the dead of night... 我不能在深夜乘飞机非法进入一个国家。 We buried it in the garden at dead of night... 我们在夜深人静的时候把它埋到了花园里。 Early one Thursday morning in the dead of winter I awoke to a blizzard. 隆冬时节的一个星期四，一大早醒来我就发现外面刮起了暴风雪。 20 [PHRASE 短语 ](耶稣）复活/使…复活 When Christians say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead or raised someone from the dead, they mean that Jesus came back to life after he had died, or brought a dead person back to life. [V inflects] 21 [PHRASE 短语]卷土重来；重新活跃起来（或获得成功） If you say that someone or something rises or comes back from the dead, you mean that they become active or successful again after being inactive for a while. [V inflects] This was a company that, by all appearances, had risen from the dead... 从一切迹象来看，这是一家已经起死回生的公司。 Faldo came back from the dead to win his third Open golf championship. 福尔多重整旗鼓，赢得了他的第三个高尔夫球公开赛冠军。 22 [PHRASE 短语]死也（不会），绝对（不会）（穿某种衣服、去某个地方或处于某种境地) If you say that you wouldn't be seen dead or be caught dead in particular clothes, places, or situations, you are expressing strong dislike or disapproval of them. [PHR prep] [emphasis] [INFORMAL 非正式] I wouldn't be seen dead in a straw hat. 我死也不会戴草帽。 ...men who wouldn't be seen dead pushing a pram... 死也不会去推婴儿车的男人们 I wouldn't be caught dead in such an old-fashioned place. 我绝对不会去那样老土的地方。 23 [PHRASE 短语]（使）突然停止（发生或移动） To stop dead means to suddenly stop happening or moving. To stop someone or something dead means to cause them to suddenly stop happening or moving. [V inflects] We all stopped dead and looked at it... 我们一下子全都停了下来看着它。 She had meant to make a discreet entrance, but conversation stopped dead... 她本打算悄悄进去，但谈话却突然中断了。 The sight of it stopped them dead. 一看见它，他们猝然停住了。 24 [PHRASE 短语]败局已定的；不太可能成功的 If you say that someone or something is dead in the water, you are emphasizing that they have failed, and that there is little hope of them being successful in the future. [v-link PHR] [emphasis] A 'no' vote would have left the treaty dead in the water. 一张否决票可能就会使这个条约胎死腹中。 25 to flog a dead horse→see: flog ； a dead loss→see: loss ； a dead ringer→see: ringer ； to stop dead in your tracks→see: track ；

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