As the world's saltiest large body of water, averaging a salt content six times higher than that of the ocean, it supports no life.

作为世界上最咸的大水域，其平均含盐量是其它海洋的6倍以上的，任何生命都无法在此生存。

However, it is not the saltiest lake in the world. The Great Salt Lake in the USA, with 270 ports of salt per thousand, is even saltier.

然而，死海并不是世界上最咸的咸水湖。美国大盐湖的水更咸一些，每千份水中含有270份盐。

He said his aim is to deliver an environmental message highlighting the plight of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, which is rapidly drying up.

他说他的目的是要传递一个环境讯息，以此来强调世界上最低最咸的水体所处的困境，因为这水体正在迅速的干涸。

The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.

专家称，死海可能很快就会缩小成一个池塘，但一些意在遏止这个世界上水平面最低、含盐度最高水体的衰败的重要措施却由于中东国家之间的政治冲突而得不到实施。