deadline

n. 最后期限, 截止期限
【经】 截止日期

动词过去式:deadlined 过去分词:deadlined 现在分词:deadlining 第三人称单数:deadlines 

dead.line

n.（名词）
A time limit, as for payment of a debt or completion of an assignment.
最后期限：时间限制，如对债务的偿还或任务的完成
A boundary line in a prison that prisoners can cross only at the risk of being shot.
监狱周围的死线：监狱里的界限，犯人们要越过就要冒被枪击的危险
v.tr.（及物动词）
dead.lined,dead.lin.ing,dead.lines
To govern by setting a time limit:
通过设定一时间期限来统治：
例句：
.He was never going to be deadlined by a day, or even a month.(New Yorker)
.他从不想一天天地被人统治，即使是一个月也不行.(纽约人)