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fatal

英 ['feɪt(ə)l] 美 ['fetl]

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解释

adj. 致命的；重大的；毁灭性的；命中注定的
n. (Fatal)人名；(葡、芬)法塔尔

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中文词源

fatal 致命的

来自fate, 命运。

英文词源

fatal (adj.): late 14c., "decreed by fate," also "fraught with fate," from Middle French fatal (14c.) and directly from Latin fatalis "ordained by fate, decreed, destined; destructive, deadly," from fatum (see fate (n.)); sense of "causing or attended with death" in English is from early 15c. Meaning "concerned with or dealing with destiny" is from mid-15c.

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例句和用法

1. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.--Winston Churchill: 成功不是终点，失败也并非末日，最重要的是继续前进的勇气。

2. It is impossible to say who struck the fatal blow.: 很难判断是谁给了致命的一击。

3. His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack.: 他所在的政党刚刚经历了一次类似心脏病突发般几近致命的打击。

4. Statistically, ninety-eight percent of all acute sunstroke cases are fatal.: 据统计，急性中暑病例中有98%是致命的。

5. It would clearly be fatal for Europe to quarrel seriously with America.: 欧洲若与美国反目显然会有致命的后果。