hasbeen后加dead不是death。death 是名词而dead是形容词和be构成系表结构。中文意思是“已经死了”,
例如,我们都知道他的爷爷已经去世十年了。
We all know that his grandfather has been dead for ten years.
当救援人员及时赶到时候,这条鲸鱼却已经死了。
When rescuers arrived in time, the whale had already been dead.