1·The poor child looks more dead than alive.
这孩子看上去半死不活的，真可怜。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Poor Pinocchio huddled close to the doghouse more dead than alive from cold, hunger, and fright.
可怜的皮诺乔蜷缩在狗窝旁边，又冷又饿又害怕，简直是半死不活。
3·The man is more dead than alive.
这人已是半死不活。
4·The old man is more dead than alive.
这个老头儿活着还不如死了。
5·The man, more dead than alive, was brought in and locked in the cellar.
那人被半死不活地带进地窖关了起来。
6·They dragged the unconscious little boy out of the flaming building more dead than alive.
当他们把不省人事的小男孩从着火的房子中拖出来时，他巳经半死不活了。
7·I was lying here on the sand more dead than alive, when an appetizing odor of Fried fish came to me.
我躺在这儿的沙滩上生不如死，这时一股炸鱼的香味飘到了我身边。
8·LaToya Jackson has claimed her brother Michael was murdered because he was "worth so much more dead than alive".
因为迈克死后价值比生前更大，拉塔亚·杰克逊宣称迈克因此才被谋杀。
9·After all the highways, and te trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive.
在经过了那些公路，火车旅行，约会和年华之后，你将以死比生更加值得告终。
10·Marriage is the tomb, men climbed out, and strive to be the first woman lying in death, only 1000 good-matured million bond, and is more dead than alive.
婚姻只是坟墓，汉子在力争上游的爬出来，而女性躺在坟里，只是千羁万绊，只是生不如死。