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dead-on

/ded-on, -awn/US // ˈdɛdˈɒn, -ˈɔn //

一针见血,一针见血的,一语中的,一言以蔽之

Related Words

precise准确,精确,准确的,精密accurate准确,准确的,准确无误,精确definite明确的,确切的,明确,确定的direct直接,直接的,直达,直接的说exact确实,精确的,精准的,确实的on the nose在鼻子上,鼻子上的,鼻子上,鼻头上的pinpoint准确定位,准确地指出,准确地指出来unerring坚定不移,坚定不移地,准确无误,准确无误的by the book按书上说的,按书上的说法,按书上说的做,按书上说的那样dead-center正中,正中鹄的,正中要害,正中线on the button按钮上,在按钮上,按钮上的,的按钮上on the mark正点,正中要害,准确无误,正中下怀on the money赚钱的时候,赚钱了,赚钱,赚钱的to the point切中要害,切中时弊,说到点子上了,说到点子上

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : exactly right, accurate, or pertinent: The film director has a dead-on feel for characterization.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.exactly correct
Synonyms
accurate准确,准确的,准确无误,精确precise准确,精确,准确的,精密absolutely right完全正确,绝对正确,非常正确,完全正确的by the book按书上说的,按书上的说法,按书上说的做,按书上说的那样dead-center正中,正中鹄的,正中要害,正中线definite明确的,确切的,明确,确定的direct直接,直接的,直达,直接的说exact确实,精确的,精准的,确实的on the button按钮上,在按钮上,按钮上的,的按钮上on the mark正点,正中要害,准确无误,正中下怀on the money赚钱的时候,赚钱了,赚钱,赚钱的on the nose在鼻子上,鼻子上的,鼻子上,鼻头上的pinpoint准确定位,准确地指出,准确地指出来to the point切中要害,切中时弊,说到点子上了,说到点子上unerring坚定不移,坚定不移地,准确无误,准确无误的very accurate非常准确,非常精确,很准确,很精确

Examples

  • Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.

  • The cartoonist, better known as Charb, was shot dead Wednesday.

  • A policewoman was shot dead this morning while law enforcement searched for the Charlie Lebdo killers.

  • Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.

  • You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.

  • A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.

  • When he plays a sonata it is as if the composition rose from the dead and stood transfigured before you.

  • To-day I'm more dead than alive, as we had a lesson from him yesterday that lasted four hours.

  • It is a fearsome thing for a man to be left alone in the dead of night with a young baby.

  • If they are Ancients and dead then let them be buried and left to the archæological excavator.

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