英语词汇“a dead weight”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	a dead weight
释义	a dead weight something that makes change or progress extremely difficult Khrushchev tried to reduce the dead weight of bureaucracy. Examples of 'a dead weight' in a sentence a dead weight She was a dead weight and her body had gone completely limp. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The country's passion for gold acts a dead weight on the national economy. Times, Sunday Times (2015) Indeed, he may prove to be not so much weighty as a dead weight. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But a nation and its legislature need a keel, a dead weight. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Talk about carrying around a dead weight. The Sun (2011) But there was a dead weight in my lungs. Times, Sunday Times (2014) I pushed the door to the room and it felt like a dead weight. Times, Sunday Times (2010) The banking crisis lingers like a dead weight over every household. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The body is my prison, my dependency; a dead weight shackling my free spirit. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He called her a 'dead weight' and accused her of not trying. The Sun (2006)
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a dead weight