名詞 deadline:

1. the point in time at which something must be completed

1. The boss will really give it to you if you miss the deadline for the job.
   要是到期完不成工作，老板就要給你點厲害。
2. The deadline is drawing near; we can't delay any more.
   限期快到了，不能再拖延。
3. What's the deadline?
   截止到什么時候？
4. It's past the deadline to withdraw.
   現(xiàn)在已經過了退課的最后期限了。

dead.line

n.（名詞）
A time limit, as for payment of a debt or completion of an assignment.
最后期限：時間限制，如對債務的償還或任務的完成
A boundary line in a prison that prisoners can cross only at the risk of being shot.
監(jiān)獄周圍的死線：監(jiān)獄里的界限，犯人們要越過就要冒被槍擊的危險
v.tr.（及物動詞）
dead.lined,dead.lin.ing,dead.lines
To govern by setting a time limit:
通過設定一時間期限來統(tǒng)治：
例句：
.He was never going to be deadlined by a day, or even a month.(New Yorker)
.他從不想一天天地被人統(tǒng)治，即使是一個月也不行.(紐約人)