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fatality

英 [fə'tælɪtɪ; feɪ-] 美 [fə'tæləti]

解释

n. 死亡；宿命；致命性；不幸；灾祸

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英文词源

fatality (n.): late 15c., "quality of causing death," from French fatalité, from Late Latin fatalitatem (nominative fatalitas) "fatal necessity, fatality," from Latin fatalis "ordained by fate; destructive, deadly" (see fatal). Senses in 16c.-17c. included "determined by fate" and "a destiny." Meaning "an occurrence resulting in widespread death" is from 1840. Related: Fatalities.

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例句和用法

1. The case - fatality percentages were higher in the highly polluted areas.: 致死病例的百分比,在重污染区较多.

2. It did not shrink from such words as fatality, bondage and the like.: 它并不在乎诸如宿命、束缚之类的词语.

3. It is my conviction , or my delusion , that crime brings its own fatality with it.: 我深信做坏事总没好报应.

4. A bite from a bushmaster has an 80 % fatality rate, even with anti - venom.: 被巨蝮咬了的人80%会死, 即使有抗毒血清.

5. The fatality rate of pneumonic plague a staggering 95 percent.: 肺鼠疫的死亡率是达到惊人95%.