"Trapped means they could be dead or alive," Hu said by telephone.

“被困意味着他们生死不明，”胡在电话中说。

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The late King of Pop made more money over the past year than any other musician or actor, dead or alive.

刚过世的流行音乐之王——MJ在过去一年里赚的钱比任何一位艺人都要多得多，无论活着还是已故的。

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They had come all the way to Moscow to see if the North Vietnamese stationed there would tell the farmer whether his son was dead or alive.

他们千里迢迢来莫斯科是想看看，派驻在那里的北越人是否知道这位养鸡场主的儿子是死是活。

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"Then we tell them to follow some new rules for living that will decrease their chances of ending up dead or in prison and increase their chances dramatically of staying alive and free."

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If there are three possibilities--dead, alive, or suspended-- to be dead, we could still say you've got to be broken, incapable of P-functioning.

如果有三种可能，生存，死亡或者假死-,要死亡的话，你必须是被破坏的状态，无法拥有人格功能性。

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She remains part of the household of her father, and she's legally under the control of her father probably, or her brothers, if her father is dead; or her grandfather if her grandfather is still alive.

而是她父亲的家户，法律上受她父亲控制，如果她父亲过世，则是她兄弟;,或者她的祖父，如果还健在的话。

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They're showing off a rather long, elaborate demo of Dead or Alive 4 for the 360.

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There's an old poster out west, as I recall, that said "Wanted, Dead or Alive".

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However, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said he did not know whether Saddam was dead or alive.

CNN: Opposition leader: Saddam is alive