dead on arrival

基本解释

The 5-month-old was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital.
在到达当地一家医院后，5个月大的孩子被宣布死亡。
The 47-year-old was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital in northern Mexico.
但这位47岁的男子在到达北墨西哥医院时被宣告死亡。
Things are often getting so bad - there was a recent article with a catchy name SOA or DOA, where DOA stands for "Dead on Arrival".
事情常常变得如此糟糕——最近有篇文章的名字非常贴切《SOA，还是DOA》，其中DOA代表“死亡之旅（Dead on Arrival）”。

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